Abstract
The incidence and significance of dual atrioventricular (A-V) nodal pathways are described in 78 children with associated congenital or acquired heart disease. None of these patients had clinical or electrocardiographic evidence of arrhythmia. Dual A-V nodal pathways were observed in 35 percent of the preoperative group and in 33 percent of the postoperative group. Despite this substrate for A-V nodal reentry, supraventricular tachycardia was neither induced during electrophysiologic evaluation nor did it develop clinically over a follow-up period of 1 month to 15 years. It is concluded that dual A-V nodal pathways are common and may be a benign finding in arrhythmia-free children with heart disease.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1013-1018 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | The American journal of cardiology |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1980 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Dual atrioventricular nodal pathways : A benign finding in arrhythmia-free children with heart disease. / Casta, Alfonso; Wolff, Grace S.; Mehta, Ashok V.; Tamer, Dolores; Garcia, Otto L.; Pickoff, Arthur S.; Ferrer, Pedro L.; Sung, Ruey J.; Gelband, Henry.
In: The American journal of cardiology, Vol. 46, No. 6, 01.12.1980, p. 1013-1018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Dual atrioventricular nodal pathways
T2 - A benign finding in arrhythmia-free children with heart disease
AU - Casta, Alfonso
AU - Wolff, Grace S.
AU - Mehta, Ashok V.
AU - Tamer, Dolores
AU - Garcia, Otto L.
AU - Pickoff, Arthur S.
AU - Ferrer, Pedro L.
AU - Sung, Ruey J.
AU - Gelband, Henry
PY - 1980/12/1
Y1 - 1980/12/1
N2 - The incidence and significance of dual atrioventricular (A-V) nodal pathways are described in 78 children with associated congenital or acquired heart disease. None of these patients had clinical or electrocardiographic evidence of arrhythmia. Dual A-V nodal pathways were observed in 35 percent of the preoperative group and in 33 percent of the postoperative group. Despite this substrate for A-V nodal reentry, supraventricular tachycardia was neither induced during electrophysiologic evaluation nor did it develop clinically over a follow-up period of 1 month to 15 years. It is concluded that dual A-V nodal pathways are common and may be a benign finding in arrhythmia-free children with heart disease.
AB - The incidence and significance of dual atrioventricular (A-V) nodal pathways are described in 78 children with associated congenital or acquired heart disease. None of these patients had clinical or electrocardiographic evidence of arrhythmia. Dual A-V nodal pathways were observed in 35 percent of the preoperative group and in 33 percent of the postoperative group. Despite this substrate for A-V nodal reentry, supraventricular tachycardia was neither induced during electrophysiologic evaluation nor did it develop clinically over a follow-up period of 1 month to 15 years. It is concluded that dual A-V nodal pathways are common and may be a benign finding in arrhythmia-free children with heart disease.
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