TY - JOUR
T1 - Congestive heart failure induced by recipient atrial tachycardia conducted to the donor atrium after orthotopic heart transplantation
T2 - Complete regression after successful radiofrequency ablation
AU - Gasparini, Maurizio
AU - Mantica, Massimo
AU - Lunati, Maurizio
AU - Andreuzzi, Bruno
AU - Turco, Pietro
AU - Pellegrini, Alessandro
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Graft Failure and Recipient Atrial Tachycardia. We describe the case of a 30-year-old female patient who developed an interatrial tachycardia from the recipient to the donor atrium associated with signs of congestive heart failure 5 years after orthotopic heart transplantation. The patient underwent catheter mapping followed by successful radiofrequency (RF) ablation at the site of the presumed electrical connection between the recipient and the donor atria, through the interatrial surgical suture line, with stable recovery of sinus rhythm and disappearance of signs of left ventricular dysfunction. RF catheter ablation is confirmed to be feasible and safe in the treatment of heart transplant patients even in the presence of rare forms of arrhythmias, thus offering a cure for tachycardia to these patients.
AB - Graft Failure and Recipient Atrial Tachycardia. We describe the case of a 30-year-old female patient who developed an interatrial tachycardia from the recipient to the donor atrium associated with signs of congestive heart failure 5 years after orthotopic heart transplantation. The patient underwent catheter mapping followed by successful radiofrequency (RF) ablation at the site of the presumed electrical connection between the recipient and the donor atria, through the interatrial surgical suture line, with stable recovery of sinus rhythm and disappearance of signs of left ventricular dysfunction. RF catheter ablation is confirmed to be feasible and safe in the treatment of heart transplant patients even in the presence of rare forms of arrhythmias, thus offering a cure for tachycardia to these patients.
KW - Orthotopic heart transplantation
KW - Radiofrequency catheter ablation
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10210503
AN - SCOPUS:0032993050
VL - 10
SP - 399
EP - 404
JO - Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
JF - Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
SN - 1045-3873
IS - 3
ER -