Atrioventricular (AV) nodal reentrant tachycardia is one of the most common supraventricular tachycardias in childhood. However, information about AV nodal reentrant tachycardia in childhood is limited, especially about the variant and multiple forms. The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate the clinical and electrophysiological characteristics in pediatric patients with AV nodal reentrant tachycardia. Forty-eight pediatric patients with AV nodal reentrant tachycardia were included (ages 11–18 years; 25 males and 23 females). The age of onset and duration of symptoms were significantly younger and shorter in pediatric patients, respectively. A higher incidence of antegrade dual AV nodal pathways was found in adult patients than pediatric patients (72.9 vs 52.1% p = 0.003). Both antegrade and retrograde slow pathway functions were better in pediatric than adult patients. There was no significant difference between children and adults in the occurrence of variant and multiple forms of AV nodal reentrant tachycardia. This study demonstrated that pediatric patients have different electrophysiologic characteristics from those of adult patients.
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Lee, P., Chen, S., Chiang, C. et al. Clinical and Electrophysiological Characteristics in Children with Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia . Pediatr Cardiol 24, 6–9 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-002-0145-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-002-0145-0