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  • Title: Orthodromic tachycardia with atrioventricular dissociation: evidence for a nodoventricular (Mahaim) fiber.
    Author: Mantovan R, Verlato R, Corrado D, Buia G, Haissaguerre M, Shah DC.
    Journal: Pacing Clin Electrophysiol; 2000 Feb; 23(2):276-9. PubMed ID: 10709239.
    Abstract:
    We describe a patient in whom two tachycardias with AV dissociation were inducible by ventricular extrastimulation. The first tachycardia was characterized by a narrow QRS preceded by a His deflection with an HV interval identical to that recorded in sinus rhythm (40 ms). Premature ventricular depolarization delivered when the His bundle was refractory advanced the next His deflection. These findings suggest the presence of a nodoventricular bypass tract involved in an orthodromic tachycardia. The second tachycardia was induced after propafenone infusion and exhibited a wide QRS complex with left bundle branch block morphology; each ventricular complex was consistently associated with a His deflection with a HV interval of -15 ms. The second tachycardia may be considered to represent an antidromic tachycardia through the nodoventricular tract. However, a ventricular tachycardia cannot be excluded.
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