TY - JOUR
T1 - A Case Report of a Wenckebach Phenomenon Occurring during a His-Bundle Pacing Procedure
T2 - Is It Atrioventricular Node Pacing?
AU - Ma, Chengming
AU - Li, Wenwen
AU - Cha, Yongmei
AU - Xia, Yunlong
AU - Gao, Lianjun
AU - Dong, Yingxue
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF DALIAN CITY, grant number 2020JJ26SN055.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - A 70-year-old man with severe valvular cardiomyopathy, permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) with a slow ventricular response, and transient atrioventricular (AV) block, was admitted to our center for severe heart failure and recurrent presyncope. While hospitalized, the coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) showed huge atriums. We tried His bundle pacing (HBP). HB potential was observed at site A, and the His-ventricular (HV) interval was 68 ms. The duration from the stimulus signal to the onset of paced QRS (S-QRSonset) at site A was 232 ms when pacing at 60 beats per minute (BPM) with the pacing threshold of 2.0 V/0.5 ms. The S-QRSonset was longer than the HV interval and had a notable and progressive prolongation from 252 ms to 456 ms during the pacing at 90 BPM. Then, we pushed another lead a little forward, and the S-QRSonset shortened back to 68 ms, and the paced QRS morphology was the same as the intrinsic QRS morphology with the pacing threshold of 1.5 V/0.5 ms. The progressively prolonged S-QRSonset demonstrated a Wenckebach phenomenon (WP), a well-known electrophysiological characteristic of the AV node (AVN). It is the first time to report an intraoperative AVN-pacing related-WP in a patient with persistent AF. The enlarged atrium might be convenient for capturing the AVN. There are some other potential explanations for this phenomenon. The diameters of atriums decreased significantly, and the symptoms improved after the procedure. This is the first reported case in which we might achieve AVN capture in a patient with persistent AF. Although we ultimately chose HBP for better long-term pacing thresholds, the result of this case suggested that AVN pacing may be possible.
AB - A 70-year-old man with severe valvular cardiomyopathy, permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) with a slow ventricular response, and transient atrioventricular (AV) block, was admitted to our center for severe heart failure and recurrent presyncope. While hospitalized, the coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) showed huge atriums. We tried His bundle pacing (HBP). HB potential was observed at site A, and the His-ventricular (HV) interval was 68 ms. The duration from the stimulus signal to the onset of paced QRS (S-QRSonset) at site A was 232 ms when pacing at 60 beats per minute (BPM) with the pacing threshold of 2.0 V/0.5 ms. The S-QRSonset was longer than the HV interval and had a notable and progressive prolongation from 252 ms to 456 ms during the pacing at 90 BPM. Then, we pushed another lead a little forward, and the S-QRSonset shortened back to 68 ms, and the paced QRS morphology was the same as the intrinsic QRS morphology with the pacing threshold of 1.5 V/0.5 ms. The progressively prolonged S-QRSonset demonstrated a Wenckebach phenomenon (WP), a well-known electrophysiological characteristic of the AV node (AVN). It is the first time to report an intraoperative AVN-pacing related-WP in a patient with persistent AF. The enlarged atrium might be convenient for capturing the AVN. There are some other potential explanations for this phenomenon. The diameters of atriums decreased significantly, and the symptoms improved after the procedure. This is the first reported case in which we might achieve AVN capture in a patient with persistent AF. Although we ultimately chose HBP for better long-term pacing thresholds, the result of this case suggested that AVN pacing may be possible.
KW - His-bundle pacing
KW - Wenckebach phenomenon
KW - atrioventricular node
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U2 - 10.3390/jcdd9070231
DO - 10.3390/jcdd9070231
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135572499
SN - 2308-3425
VL - 9
JO - Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
JF - Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
IS - 7
M1 - 231
ER -