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J Am Coll Cardiol, 1990; 16:418-423 © 1990 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation |
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Eight women (mean age 41 years, range 24 to 62) with drug-resistant atrioventricular (AV) node reentrant tachycardia underwent radiofrequency catheter ablation. Radiofrequency energy was delivered in a unipolar mode with use of a back paddle as the anode placed between the two scapulae. The total applied energy was 2,233 +/- 1,919 J. The AH interval increased from 87 +/- 13 to 113 +/- 17 ms (p less than 0.05) and the PQ interval increased from 141 +/- 15 to 169 +/- 34 ms (p less than 0.05). The anterograde Wenckebach cycle length increased from 300 +/- 41 to 320 +/- 42 ms (p less than 0.05). Retrograde conduction was abolished in five patients. Atrioventricular node tachycardia was still inducible in three patients. During a follow-up period of 9 +/- 3 months, four patients remained clinically asymptomatic without drug therapy and four patients had recurrent symptoms. Three of the latter responded to previously unsuccessful antiarrhythmic drugs and the fourth patient underwent surgical cure for persistence of tachycardia. Right bundle branch block occurred in five patients; it was permanent in four and transient in one. In conclusion, radiofrequency catheter ablation represents a valuable but still investigational therapy in patients with drug-refractory AV node reentrant tachycardia.
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