Minimally decremental atriofascicular accessory pathway with bidirectional conduction

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021 Jun;32(6):1782-1786. doi: 10.1111/jce.15046. Epub 2021 Apr 21.

Abstract

Atriofacicular pathways of Mahaim type are typically decrementally conducting accessory pathways without retrograde conduction properties, located on the right ventricular free wall at the tricuspid annulus. We report a patient with an atriofascicular pathway with minimal anterograde decremental conduction. Both long and short V-H antidromic atriofascicular reentrant tachycardias were induced and mechanism confirmed with electrophysiologic testing. Additionally, orthodromic atriofascicular reentrant tachycardia with narrow and right bundle branch block morphologies were inducible. Mahaim pathway was successfully ablated with elimination of both antidromic and orthodromic tachycardias.

Keywords: Mahaim pathway; atriofascicular; bidirectional conduction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accessory Atrioventricular Bundle* / surgery
  • Bundle of His / surgery
  • Bundle-Branch Block / diagnosis
  • Bundle-Branch Block / surgery
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Conduction System / surgery
  • Humans