Successful tricuspid annulus ablation for adenosine sensitive atrial
tachycardia originating from the mitral annulus.
Abstract
A 57-year-old man with repetitive long R–P supraventricular tachycardia
(SVT) was referred for radiofrequency catheter ablation. SVT was
sensitive to adenosine triphosphate, was not linked between atrial and
ventricular activation, and did not terminate with the ventricular
response; thus, we speculated reentrant atrial tachycardia (AT).
Although the mitral annulus (MA) was the earliest atrial activation site
(EAAS; 5 o’clock), AT was ablated not at the EAAS, but at the tricuspid
annulus (TA; 4 o’clock), 24 ms later than the EAAS. We suggest that
preferential conduction from the TA to the EAAS of the MA may be
involved in AT.