Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Parahisian Accessory Pathway


Author(s):

Szilamér Korodi¹, István Kovács¹, Edvin Benedek², András Mester², Laura Jani², Alexandra Stănescu², Imre Benedek¹

Affiliation:

¹ Clinic of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania,
² Center of Advanced Research in Multimodality Cardiac Imaging, Cardio Med Medical Center, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania

DOI: 10.1515/jim-2016-0018

ABSTRACT

Radiofrequency catheter ablation of parahisian accessory pathways in pre-excitation syndrome is a challenging task, due to the extremely high risk of complete atrioventricular block.In this brief report we describe the case of a 32 year-old man presenting a parahisian accessory pathway, who has been successfully treated by radiofrequency ablation. Radiofrequency catheter ablation using low-power radiofrequency current is considered to be the most appropiate method of ablation in adult patients.

Keywords: pre-excitation, parahisian accessory pathway, ablation, low-power radiofrequency
current, right bundle branch block

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