Third‐degree AV block sensitive to prednisolone 72 hours post AVNRT ablation

Key Clinical Message A patient developed a transient first‐degree AV block during a radiofrequency ablation of an atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. Three days later the patient presented with a third‐degree AV block. It resolved within 24 h under antiphlogistic therapy. Patient was asymp...

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Published in:Clinical case reports 2017-05, Vol.5 (5), p.671-674
Main Authors: Parwani, Abdul S., Schröder, Anna I., Blaschke, Daniela, Blaschke, Florian, Huemer, Martin, Attanasio, Philipp, Pieske, Burkert, Boldt, Leif‐Hendrik, Haverkamp, Wilhelm
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Language:English
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Ablation
atrioventricular node reentry
Cardiac arrhythmia
Case Report
Case Reports
emergency medicine
third‐degree AV block
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Summary:Key Clinical Message A patient developed a transient first‐degree AV block during a radiofrequency ablation of an atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. Three days later the patient presented with a third‐degree AV block. It resolved within 24 h under antiphlogistic therapy. Patient was asymptomatic without necessity for pacemaker implantation at 12 months follow‐up. A patient developed a transient first‐degree AV block during a radiofrequency ablation of an atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. Three days later the patient presented with a third‐degree AV block. It resolved within 24 h under antiphlogistic therapy. Patient was asymptomatic without necessity for pacemaker implantation at 12 months follow‐up.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.905