Tachycardiomyopathy secondary to nonreentrant atrioventricular nodal tachycardia: recovery after slow pathway ablation

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2007 Jul;30(7):925-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00784.x.

Abstract

Nonreentrant atrioventricular (AV) nodal tachycardia is a rare form of arrhythmia due to simultaneous anterograde conduction in dual AV pathways, one atrial impulse triggering two ventricular complexes. We report the case of a 74-year-old man referred for incessant palpitations resistant to antiarrhythmic medication, and effort dyspnea. A nonreentrant AV nodal tachycardia is diagnosed with electrophysiological study. A dilated cardiomyopathy with left ventricular dysfunction is found with gated blood pool single-photon emission computed tomography. A radiofrequency catheter ablation of the slow pathway is successfully performed. The patient is reassessed 11 months after ablation. He is asymptomatic and left ventricular function has fully recovered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / etiology*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / physiopathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / surgery*
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / complications*
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / physiopathology
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / surgery*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / surgery*