1. Iatrogenic atrioventricular bypass tract following a Fontan operation for tricuspid atresia
- Author
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Felipe Moreno Granado and Luis Garcia Guereta
- Subjects
congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Radiofrequency ablation ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Anastomosis ,medicine.disease ,Ablation ,law.invention ,Fontan procedure ,surgical procedures, operative ,law ,Internal medicine ,cardiovascular system ,medicine ,Cardiology ,cardiovascular diseases ,Supraventricular tachycardia ,Tricuspid atresia ,Electrical conduction system of the heart ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Electrocardiography - Abstract
Sir,—Rosenthal et al recently documented the presence of an atrioventricular bypass tract after a modified Fontan operation in which the right atrial appendage was anastomosed to the right ventricular outflow tract.1Their patient developed persistent supraventricular tachycardia resulting from atrioventricular re-entry within the surgical right anastomosis, which was abolished by radiofrequency ablation. They also mentioned a previous report of ablation after the Fontan operation.2 Based on the evidence of these …
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- 1997