Occurrence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia Due to Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry

JODIE L. HURWITZ; LAWRENCE D. GERMAN; DOUGLAS L. PACKER; I. MARCUS WHARTON; ELIZABETH A. MCCARTHY; WILLIAM E. WILKINSON; ERIC N. PRYSTOWSKY; EDWARD L.C. PRITCHETT

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8159.1990.tb02094.x

Occurrence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia Due to Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry

JODIE L. HURWITZ, LAWRENCE D. GERMAN, DOUGLAS L. PACKER, I. MARCUS WHARTON, ELIZABETH A. MCCARTHY, WILLIAM E. WILKINSON, ERIC N. PRYSTOWSKY, EDWARD L.C. PRITCHETT

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The occurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) has been well documented when PSVT is secondary to atrioventricular reentry, but not when PSVT is secondary to atrioventricular nodal reentry (AVNRT). Seventeen patients with AVNRT were followed using transtelephonic electrocardiogram monitoring to document symptomatic tachycardias. The median length of telephone monitor surveillance was 357 days. Fifteen of 17 patients transmitted electrocardiograms that showed PSVT. Three of 17 patients (18%) transmitted eJectrocardiograms that showed atrial fibrillation. A transition from PSVT into atrial fibrillation was not recorded, but all three did have PSVT recorded on other days of follow‐up. We report the occurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients with AVNRT and that its incidence is higher than expected for the general population.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	705-710
Number of pages	6
Journal	Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
Volume	13
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1990.tb02094.x
State	Published - Jun 1990

Keywords

atrial fibrillation
paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
tachycardia

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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HURWITZ, JODIE. L., GERMAN, LAWRENCE. D., PACKER, DOUGLAS. L., WHARTON, I. MARCUS., MCCARTHY, ELIZABETH. A., WILKINSON, WILLIAM. E., PRYSTOWSKY, ERIC. N., & PRITCHETT, EDWARD. L. C. (1990). Occurrence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia Due to Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 13(6), 705-710. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1990.tb02094.x

HURWITZ, JODIEL, GERMAN, LAWRENCED, PACKER, DOUGLASL, WHARTON, IMARCUS, MCCARTHY, ELIZABETHA, WILKINSON, WILLIAME, PRYSTOWSKY, ERICN & PRITCHETT, EDWARDLC 1990, 'Occurrence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia Due to Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry', Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 705-710. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1990.tb02094.x

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