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Upper common pathway analysis using late atrial premature depolarization in atrioventricular nodal reentry
Soyoon Park1, Jeong-Wook Park2, Soohyun Kim1
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Cardiovascular Research Institute for Intractable Disease, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background:
Anatomic and electrophysiologic findings suggest that the actual circuit of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) involves the perinodal atrium. However, occasional instances in which the atrium is dissociated from the AVNRT have led to the concept of an upper common pathway (UCP).
Objective:
We aimed to assess the prevalence of UCP in AVNRT using a late atrial premature depolarization (LAPD) maneuver.
Methods:
Patients who were diagnosed with typical AVNRT by electrophysiologic studies were enrolled. For evaluation of the presence of UCP, an LAPD was given at the coronary sinus ostium (osCS) during AVNRT, and then pacing was repeated incrementally every 10 ms. Electrograms in the earliest retrograde atrial activation site (ERAS) near the proximal His were mapped and recorded during the pacing. Results were interpreted as follows: absence of UCP-an LAPD from the osCS can reset the tachycardia without depolarizing the ERAS; presence of UCP-an LAPD from the osCS can depolarize the ERAS without resetting the tachycardia; and indeterminate-an LAPD from the osCS either resets the ERAS and tachycardia simultaneously or does not reset both.
Results:
The LAPD maneuver was performed in 126 patients with AVNRT. It demonstrated an absence of UCP in 121 (96.0%) patients and the presence of UCP in 3 (2.4%) patients; the result was indeterminate in 2 (1.6%) patients.
Conclusion:
The LAPD maneuver revealed that the presence of UCP is indicated in only rare cases of AVNRT. In most AVNRT cases, the atrium is involved in the reentry circuit.
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