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Antidromic atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia

MedGen UID:
1643224
•Concept ID:
C4703471
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Antidromic AVRT
 
HPO: HP:0031674

Definition

A type of atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT) where the accessory pathway is used for anterograde conduction and the atrioventricular node for retrograde conduction. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAntidromic atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia

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PubMed

Peculiar Electrocardiographic Aspects of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia: When Differential Diagnosis Is Difficult.
De Ponti R, Marazzato J, Bagliani G, Tondini A, Donzelli S, Padeletti L
Card Electrophysiol Clin 2018 Jun;10(2):317-332. doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2018.02.005. PMID: 29784486

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Gender differences of electrophysiologic characteristics in patients with accessory atrioventricular pathways.
Huang SY, Hu YF, Chang SL, Lin YJ, Lo LW, Tuan TC, Lee PC, Li CH, Suenari K, Chao TF, Tai CT, Chiang CE, Chen SA
Heart Rhythm 2011 Apr;8(4):571-4. Epub 2010 Dec 13 doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.12.013. PMID: 21147259

Diagnosis

Peculiar Electrocardiographic Aspects of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia: When Differential Diagnosis Is Difficult.
De Ponti R, Marazzato J, Bagliani G, Tondini A, Donzelli S, Padeletti L
Card Electrophysiol Clin 2018 Jun;10(2):317-332. doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2018.02.005. PMID: 29784486
Mahaim fiber-mediated tachycardia.
Lima da Silva G, Cortez-Dias N, Bernardes A, Sousa J
Rev Port Cardiol (Engl Ed) 2018 Mar;37(3):265.e1-265.e5. Epub 2018 Apr 2 doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.01.008. PMID: 29622376
Third Entrainment Criterion in Wide QRS Tachycardia: Ventricular Tachycardia or Antidromic Atrioventricular Reentrant Tachycardia?
Wakabayashi Y, Hayashi T, Yamamoto S, Sugawara Y, Mitsuhashi T, Fujita H, Momomura S
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2016 Jul;27(7):881-3. Epub 2016 Mar 1 doi: 10.1111/jce.12942. PMID: 26841368
Electroanatomic mapping guided cryoablation of Mahaim pathways in children with limited fluoroscopy exposure.
Ozturk E, Ergul Y, Tanidir IC, Akdeniz C, Tola HT, Tuzcu V
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2015 Mar;38(3):362-7. Epub 2014 Dec 27 doi: 10.1111/pace.12559. PMID: 25546471
Antidromic atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia mimicking ventricular tachycardia in the setting of previous myocardial infarction.
Dagres N, Clague JR, Kottkamp H, Breithardt G, Borggrefe M
Clin Cardiol 2000 Jan;23(1):63-5. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960230122. PMID: 10680034Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Gender differences of electrophysiologic characteristics in patients with accessory atrioventricular pathways.
Huang SY, Hu YF, Chang SL, Lin YJ, Lo LW, Tuan TC, Lee PC, Li CH, Suenari K, Chao TF, Tai CT, Chiang CE, Chen SA
Heart Rhythm 2011 Apr;8(4):571-4. Epub 2010 Dec 13 doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.12.013. PMID: 21147259

Clinical prediction guides

Electroanatomic mapping guided cryoablation of Mahaim pathways in children with limited fluoroscopy exposure.
Ozturk E, Ergul Y, Tanidir IC, Akdeniz C, Tola HT, Tuzcu V
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2015 Mar;38(3):362-7. Epub 2014 Dec 27 doi: 10.1111/pace.12559. PMID: 25546471
Computer simulation of clinical electrophysiological study.
Zhu X, Wei D, Okazaki O
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2012 Jun;35(6):718-29. Epub 2012 May 3 doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03379.x. PMID: 22554232

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