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Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia diagnosed by pacemaker electrograms

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology volume 16, pages 199–201 (2006)Cite this article

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Electrograms stored by pacemakers or implantable defibrillators enable the diagnosis of numerous atrial or ventricular arrhythmia episodes. We present the case of a patient implanted with a DDD pacemaker for sinus node dysfunction who experienced episodes of tachycardia. Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia was diagnosed by real-time analysis of electrograms during and at the onset of the tachycardia episodes. Electrophysiological study confirmed the diagnosis and led to radical treatment of the tachycardia by radiofrequency ablation of the slow pathway.

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  1. Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Universitaire Dupuytren, 2 avenue Martin Luther King, 87042, Limoges, France

    Christophe d’Ivernois, Isaac Sayumwe & Patrick Blanc

  2. Medtronic SAS, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

    Marc Hero

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d’Ivernois, C., Hero, M., Sayumwe, I. et al. Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia diagnosed by pacemaker electrograms. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 16, 199–201 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-006-9039-z

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Keywords

  • Tachycardia
  • Atrioventricular nodal reentry
  • Pacemaker
  • Electrograms
  • Radiofrequency catheter ablation