Atrioventricular Nodal Re-entry Tachycardia in Identical Twins: A Case Report and Literature Review

This report details the case of 17 year old identical twins who both presented with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). Electrophysiological studies revealed atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT) in both twins. Successful but technically challenging slow pathway ablation was...

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Autores principales: Barake, Walid, Caldwell, Jane, Baranchuk, Adrian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Heart Rhythm Society 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3539401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23329875
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description This report details the case of 17 year old identical twins who both presented with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). Electrophysiological studies revealed atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT) in both twins. Successful but technically challenging slow pathway ablation was performed in both twins. This is the first reported case of confirmed AVNRT in identical twins which adds strong evidence to heritability of the dual AV node physiology and AVNRT. A review of the current literature regarding PSVT in monozygotic twins is provided.
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spelling pubmed-35394012013-01-17 Atrioventricular Nodal Re-entry Tachycardia in Identical Twins: A Case Report and Literature Review Barake, Walid Caldwell, Jane Baranchuk, Adrian Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J Case Report This report details the case of 17 year old identical twins who both presented with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). Electrophysiological studies revealed atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT) in both twins. Successful but technically challenging slow pathway ablation was performed in both twins. This is the first reported case of confirmed AVNRT in identical twins which adds strong evidence to heritability of the dual AV node physiology and AVNRT. A review of the current literature regarding PSVT in monozygotic twins is provided. Indian Heart Rhythm Society 2013-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3539401/ /pubmed/23329875 Text en Copyright: © 2013 Barake et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Atrioventricular Nodal Re-entry Tachycardia in Identical Twins: A Case Report and Literature Review
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