INTRODUCTION Acutely, when left atrial ablation is performed during atrial fibrillation (AF), the AF may persist and require cardioversion, or it may convert to sinus rhythm or to atrial tachycardia/flutter. The prevalence of these acute outcomes has not been described. METHODS AND RESULTS Left atrial ablation, usually including encirclement of the pulmonary veins, was performed during AF in ...

Using 24-h ambulatory electrocardiography, the RR intervals of all beats were determined in a West Highland white terrier with sick sinus syndrome characterized by long sinus pauses, bradycardia, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and varying degrees of atrioventricular (AV) heart block. Distinctive patterns of bradycardia and 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1 and 5:1 AV block associated with SVT were evident...

After noting bradycardia-induced supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in two successive children with SVT, we analyzed Holter monitor recordings done on 66 children with suspected or proved SVT. Ten children had apparent reentry SVT. The most common mode of initiation (eight of 10 patients) was not premature atrial beats, but sudden sinus pause with a junctional escape beat (JEB), usually fused w...

We report the case of a 32-year-old man with Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 showing adenosine-induced sinus tachycardia during transesophageal electrophysiological evaluation.

Case Presentation A 55-year-old man underwent an electrophysiologic procedure for evaluation and treatment of recurrent episodes of paroxysmal tachycardia that had been occurring sporadically for 10 years. After placement of electrode catheters in the high right atrium and right ventricular apex., but before catheter placement in the His-bundle po.sition or coronary sinus, premature ventricular...

Plasma concentrations of immunoreactive atrial natriuretic polypeptide were raised in 22 of 23 patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia and in all seven patients with atrial flutter. Plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic polypeptide rose soon after the onset of supraventricular tachycardia. A sample taken 30 minutes after reversion to sinus rhythm (pharmacological or non-phar...

Electrophysiological, hemodynamic and angiographic studies were performed on an 18 year old woman with asymptomatic recurrent bidirectional tachycardia of eight years' duration and mild hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. Multiple surface electrocardiograms and His bundle and right atrial electrograms revealed that 1) all beats during bidirectional tachycardia originated in the left ventricle; 2) ...

OBJECTIVE To study the value of epicardial mapping through the coronary venous system in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia. DESIGN 20 consecutive patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia who were candidates for radiofrequency ablation. SETTING Electrophysiological laboratory. INTERVENTIONS Coronary venous angiography was performed with a catheter, which provided coron...

background: cardiovascular system is a very importantorgan that plays a vital role in tissue function. in farm animals,the growth and high milk production depends on function ofcardiovascular system. objectives: cardiovascular health inhigh and low-yielding dairy cows was investigated. methods:fifty 4-year-old high- yielding holstein dairy cows and fifty 4-year-old low- yielding holstein dairy ...

Dual atrioventricular nodal nonreentrant tachycardia (DAVNNT) is a rare tachycardia in which dual AV nodal physiology allows for a single sinus complex to conduct down both the fast and slow AV nodal pathways, resulting in 2 ventricular depolarizations. A recent review of the literature surrounding DAVNNT identified only 68 published cases. All ablations have been performed via radiofrequency a...