A re-entry tachycardia triggered by the spontaneous interruption of an atrial tachycardia. (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Buttà, Carmelo; Tuttolomondo, Antonino; Di Raimondo, Domenico; Giarrusso, Lucia; Miceli, Giuseppe; Cuttitta, Francesco; La Rosa, Donata; Licata, Giuseppe; Pinto, Antonio
• Is Part Of: Journal of cardiovascular medicine. Volume 16(2015)Supplement 1
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: atrial arrhythmias -- AVN re-entry -- cardiac anatomy -- electrocardiography -- Holter recorders; Cardiology -- Periodicals; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Cardiology -- Periodicals; Cardiovascular Diseases -- Periodicals; 616.1005
• DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32836204ed
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1558-2027

Abstract

Abstract : The common atrioventricular nodal re-entry tachycardia is the most common form of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. It starts frequently with a supraventricular ectopic beat that, on finding the fast pathway in refractory period, travels in the slow pathway as to appear as a prolongation of the PR interval on the ECG. In this study, we show a singular case of a common atrioventricular nodal re-entry tachycardia triggered by the spontaneous interruption of an atrial tachycardia.