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Transient block during radiofrequency ablation well away from the His–Purkinje system: atrioventricular nodal artery trauma?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2023

Victor Grech ,
Elizabeth Grech Open the ORCID record for Elizabeth Grech [Opens in a new window]  and
Joseph DeGiovanni
Victor Grech
Affiliation:
Mater Dei Hospital, Tal-Qroqq, Malta
Elizabeth Grech*
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Msida, Malta
Joseph DeGiovanni
Affiliation:
Mater Dei Hospital, Tal-Qroqq, Malta
*
Author for correspondence: Elizabeth Grech, University of Malta, Msida, Malta. E-mail: elizabeth.v.grech.18@um.edu.mt
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Abstract

Cardiac arrhythmias occur at all ages. Cardiac mapping and ablation are established methods for curing arrhythmia substrates; however, complications may occur. We report a patient with transient Wenckebach heart block during radiofrequency ablation in the setting of Wolff Parkinson White syndrome despite the ablation catheter being well away from the atrioventricular node, and we speculate on the potential mechanism.

Keywords

Heart blockAV noderadiofrequency ablationpathophysiologyelectrophysiology
Type
Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 33 , Issue 9 , September 2023 , pp. 1784 - 1786
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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