Abstract
A 70-year-old man with atrial flutter (AFL) following pulmonary vein (PV) isolation (PVI) underwent electrophysiologic testing. The AFL exhibited positive P waves in the inferior leads and lead V1. Left atrial activation mapping revealed 2 remote sites with early activation that were located at the antrum of the left superior PV roof and the left inferior PV bottom. A single irrigated radiofrequency ablation targeting the earliest PV activation at the left PV carina eliminated the AFL. This case demonstrated that PV carina tachycardia with multiple conduction gaps and inter-PV conduction after PVI might mimic double focal atrial tachycardias.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1186-1188 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords
- atrial fibrillation
- atrial flutter
- atrial tachycardia
- isolation
- pulmonary vein
- radiofrequency catheter ablation
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