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. 1991;18(1):72–75.

Cryosurgical Modification of the Atrioventricular Node for Treatment of Atrioventricular Junctional Reentrant Tachycardia

Emerson C Perin 1, Fernando Petersen 1, Carlos Rizo-Patron 1, David A Ott 1, Ali Massumi 1
PMCID: PMC324964  PMID: 15227512

Abstract

Surgical correction of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia with preservation of atrioventricular nodal conduction in a 28-year-old woman is reported. At surgery, electrophysiologic mapping techniques were used during tachycardia to reveal and enable ablation of the appropriate site of atrial activation. Postoperative electrophysiologic studies indicated successful atrioventricular nodal modification. (Texas Heart Institute Journal 1991; 18:72-5)

Keywords: Atrioventricular node

Keywords: cryosurgery

Keywords: electrophysiology

Keywords: heart conduction system

Keywords: heart surgery

Keywords: tachycardia, atrioventricular nodal

Keywords: tachycardia, paroxysmal supraventricular

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