• Int. J. Cardiol. · Apr 2007

    Case Reports

    Double potentials at successful catheter ablation site of left-sided retrograde accessory pathway: mitral isthmus block or conduction through coronary sinus musculature.

    • Akira Fujiki, Kazuo Usuda, Koichi Mizumaki, Tsuyoshi Abe, Jotaro Iwamoto, Tadao Ishikawa, and Hiroshi Inoue.
    • The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan. fujiki@med.u-toyama.ac.jp
    • Int. J. Cardiol. 2007 Apr 12; 117 (1): 90-6.

    IntroductionWe studied three patients who had orthodromic atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT) using left lateral accessory pathway (AP), with difficulty in identifying the earliest site of retrograde atrial activation.Methods And ResultsElectrophysiological studies and radiofrequency ablation were performed in three patients with refractory AVRT (Case 1 was a 42-year-old woman, Cases 2 and 3 were a 52- and a 40-year-old man, respectively). During AVRT, a prolonged ventriculoatrial (VA) interval (100-180 ms) and nearly simultaneous excitation of both distal and proximal coronary sinus (CS) sites were observed. During both AVRT and ventricular pacing, double atrial potentials were recorded in all patients. Ablation of the mitral annular site showing double atrial potentials (with the first component being present just after the ventricular potential at the left lateral atrioventricular annulus) eliminated retrograde AP conduction. In Cases 1 and 2 the first component of the double potentials was atrial activation conducted through AP distal to mitral isthmus block and the second component was activation proximal to block that conducted turning around the left-sided pulmonary veins. In Case 3 the first component was CS musculature activation conducted through AP and the second component was left atrium activation via CS musculature.ConclusionIn AVRT that has a long VA interval and difficulty in identifying the earliest site of retrograde atrial activation, two different mechanisms existed (mitral isthmus block and conduction through CS musculature). Careful mapping of double atrial potentials and continuous VA activation at the left lateral mitral annulus is essential for determination of a successful ablation site.

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