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Absence of left atrium-coronary sinus musculature electrical connection at coronary sinus ostium unmasked by unique double coronary sinus potentials pattern.

Authors :
Saito A
Kaneko Y
Nakajima T
Irie T
Ota M
Kato T
Iijima T
Tamura M
Kobayashi H
Kurabayashi M
Source :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Intern Med] 2011; Vol. 50 (2), pp. 125-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jan 15.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

We describe a 77-year-old man with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome exhibiting double coronary sinus (CS) potentials during retrograde conduction over accessory pathway (AP). The first, low-frequency potential (DP1) was first recorded in the left posterolateral region, while the second, higher frequency signal (DP2) was recorded in a lateral-to-septal direction. The two signals were fused near the left lateral wall. Successful ablation of the AP was obtained at its ventricular insertion site in the postero-septal region. The unexpectedly delayed activation of the paraseptal RA following activation of the paraseptal left atrium (DP1) can be explained by the absence of a LA-CS musculature (CSM) electrical connection at the proximal CS, which forces a detour of the activation wavefront from LA to RA via the distal CS (DP2). This is a rare case exhibiting unique double CS potentials which unmasked the absence of a LA-CSM electrical connection at CS ostium.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1349-7235
Volume :
50
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
21245636
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4198