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Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia with Advanced Infra-Hisian Atrioventricular Block

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We report a case of 78-year-old man admitted to the hospital due to palpitations and lightheadedness. On EKG advanced atrioventricular block with ventricular rate of 37 beats per minute was noted. On electrophysiology study a common type of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia was inducible with maintenance of advanced AV block. Radiofrequency ablation of slow pathway followed by placement of a permanent pacemaker resulted in elimination of tachycardia and resolution of symptoms.

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  1. Electrophysiology Laboratory, Good Samaritan Hospital and Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio

    Abdul Wase MD, FACC, FACP, Shalin Shah, Yaser Siraj & Raja Nazir

  2. Electrophysiology Laboratory, Wright State University, Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Center, USA, 2200 Philadelphia Dr., Suite#548, Dayton, OH, 45406

    Abdul Wase MD, FACC, FACP

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Wase, A., Shah, S., Siraj, Y. et al. Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia with Advanced Infra-Hisian Atrioventricular Block. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 12, 227–230 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-005-0309-y

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