OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the response to ventricular pacing during tachycardia is useful for differentiating atypical atrioventricular node re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT) from orthodromic reciprocating tachycardia (ORT) using a septal accessory pathway. BACKGROUND: Although it is usually possible to differentiate atypical AVNRT from ORT using a septal accessory pathway, a definitive diagnosis is occasionally elusive. METHODS: In 30 patients with atypical AVNRT and 44 patients with ORT using a septal accessory pathway, the right ventricle was paced at a cycle length 10 to 40 ms shorter than the tachycardia cycle length (TCL). The ventriculo-atrial (VA) interval and TCL were measured just before pacing. The interval between the last pacing stimulus and the last entrained atrial depolarization (stimulus-atrial [S-A] interval) and the post-pacing interval (PPI) at the right ventricular apex were measured on cessation of ventricular pacing. RESULTS: All 30 patients with atypical AVNRT and none of the 44 patients with ORT using a septal accessory pathway had an S-A-VA interval >85 ms and PPI-TCL >115 ms. CONCLUSIONS: The S-A-VA interval and PPI-TCL are useful in distinguishing atypical AVNRT from ORT using a septal accessory pathway.
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the response to ventricular pacing during tachycardia is useful for differentiating atypical atrioventricular node re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT) from orthodromic reciprocating tachycardia (ORT) using a septal accessory pathway. BACKGROUND: Although it is usually possible to differentiate atypical AVNRT from ORT using a septal accessory pathway, a definitive diagnosis is occasionally elusive. METHODS: In 30 patients with atypical AVNRT and 44 patients with ORT using a septal accessory pathway, the right ventricle was paced at a cycle length 10 to 40 ms shorter than the tachycardia cycle length (TCL). The ventriculo-atrial (VA) interval and TCL were measured just before pacing. The interval between the last pacing stimulus and the last entrained atrial depolarization (stimulus-atrial [S-A] interval) and the post-pacing interval (PPI) at the right ventricular apex were measured on cessation of ventricular pacing. RESULTS: All 30 patients with atypical AVNRT and none of the 44 patients with ORT using a septal accessory pathway had an S-A-VA interval >85 ms and PPI-TCL >115 ms. CONCLUSIONS: The S-A-VA interval and PPI-TCL are useful in distinguishing atypical AVNRT from ORT using a septal accessory pathway.
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