Successful Catheter Ablation of Reentrant Junctional Tachycardia in a Patient with Asplenia Syndrome before Total Cavo‐Pulmonary Connection |
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| Authors: | KEIKO TOYOHARA MD JUN YOSHIMOTO MD NORIYASU OZAKI MD YOSHIHIDE NAKAMURA MD |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan;2. Japanese Red Cross Society, Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Asplenia syndrome is commonly associated with complex structural cardiac malformations, and junctional tachycardia (JT), which may compromise hemodynamic status, has been reported in association with asplenia syndrome. 1 We report successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of reentrant JT in a patient with asplenia syndrome. (PACE 2010; e43–e45) |
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| Keywords: | catheter ablation junctional tachycardia asplenia syndrome |
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