Selective slow pathway ablation using transseptal approach in a patient with surgically corrected partial atrioventricular canal defect and atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia of the common type

Abstract

A 26-year-old woman with partial atrioventricular (AV) canal defect surgically closed with pericardial patch in a mode that the triangle of Koch had become part of the left atrium underwent successful slow pathway ablation for slow-fast AV nodal reentrant tachycardia. Transseptal approach was used because of the atypical post-operative anatomy. Transseptal catheter ablation of the slow pathway can be a reasonable and safe alternative in patients subjected to this type of operation.