The mechanisms responsible for lack of reproducible induction of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 494-502

  Strickberger, S Adam ^a   Daoud, Emile G ^a   Niebauer, Mark J ^a   Hasse, Carol ^a   Man, K Ching ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia mechanism; reentry; tachycardia induction

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0029970068     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00556.x     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Huycke EC, Lai WT, Nguyen NX, et al: Role of intravenous isoproterenol in the electrophysiologic induction of atrioventricular node reentrant tachycardia in patients with dual atrioventricular node pathways. Am J Cardiol 1989;64:1131-1137.
2. Wu D, Denes P, Bauernfeind R, et al: Effects of atropine on induction and maintenance of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. Circulation 1979;59: 779-788.
3. Josephson ME: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 1993, pp. 181-224.
4. Denes P, Wu D, Amat-y-Leon F, et al: The determinants of atrioventricular nodal re-entrance with premature atrial stimulation in patients with dual A-V nodal pathways. Circulation 1977;56:253-259.
5. Kay GN, Epstein AE, Dailey SM, et al: Selective radiofrequency ablation of the slow pathway for the treatment of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: Evidence for involvement of perinodal myocardium within the reentrant circuit. Circulation 1992;85:1675-1688.
6. Blanck Z, Dhala AA, Sra J, et al: Characterization of atrioventricular nodal behavior and ventricular response during atrial fibrillation before and after a selective slow-pathway ablation. Circulation 1995;91:1086-1094.
7. Strickberger SA, Weiss R, Goyal R, et al: The effect of slow pathway ablation on the ventricular rate in atrial fibrillation during sympathetic stimulation and autonomic blockade. Circulation 1995;92:I-84.
8. Hummel JD, Strickberger SA, Williamson BD, et al: Effect of residual slow pathway function on the time course of recurrences of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia after radiofrequency ablation of the slow pathway. Am J Cardiol 1995;75:628-630.