Conduction Properties of the Inferior Vena Cava‐Tricuspid Annular Isthmus in Patients with Typical Atrial Flutter

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology - Tập 8 Số 7 - Trang 727-737 - 1997
C Kinder1, John G. Kall1, Douglas E. Kopp1, D. Rubenstein1, Martin C. Burke1, David J. Wilber1
1Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

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Conduction Properties of the Annular Isthmus. Introduction: A functional region of slow conduction located in the inferior right atrium has been postulated to be critical to the induction and maintenance of typical human atrial flutter. We reexamined the potential role of functional conduction delay in the annular isthmus between the tricuspid valve and the inferior vena cava; it is within this region that such delays have been postulated to occur, and where interruption of conduction by radiofrequency energy application has been shown to eliminate typical flutter. Methods and Results: Thirty patients with type I atrial flutter (30 counterclockwise, 14 clockwise) were studied. Counterclockwise and clockwise isthmus activation times adjacent and parallel to the tricuspid valve were measured during three conditions: (1) atrial pacing in sinus rhythm, (2) atrial flutter, and (3) entrainment of atrial flutter. During pacing in sinus rhythm at progressively shorter cycle lengths, both counterclockwise and clockwise isthmus activation times remained unchanged; decremental conduction prior to flutter induction or loss of capture was not observed. Counterclockwise isthmus activation time did not significantly differ during flutter (68 ± 23 msec), inferolateral tricuspid annulus pacing (71 ± 23 msec), or entrainment of flutter (72 ± 23 msec). Similarly, clockwise isthmus activation times did not significantly differ between flutter (65 ± 22 msec), proximal coronary sinus pacing (73 ± 21 msec), or entrainment of flutter (64 ± 15 msec). Conclusion: Decremental conduction is not characteristic of activation through the isthmus when activation is assessed parallel and adjacent to the tricuspid annulus. Functional slowing or conduction delay does not develop in this region during typical atrial flutter.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Tập 8 Số 7

727-737

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