Three-dimensional electroanatomic voltage map-guided treatment of a patient with a failing atriopulmonary fontan circulation

Herz. 2007 Feb;32(1):58-61. doi: 10.1007/s00059-007-2884-4.

Abstract

A three-dimensional electroanatomic bipolar voltage map of the right atrium was performed in a 20-year-old patient with functional single-ventricle physiology after a classic Fontan-type operation who presented with clinical signs of heart failure, a dilated right atrium, protein-losing enteropathy, and sinus node dysfunction. Previous pacemaker upgrading to a DDD system using a transvenous right atrial lead had failed due to insufficient sensing and pacing function. The voltage map showed large zones of scarring and low-amplitude signals. Consecutively, conversion to an extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) together with a pacing lead insertion into the left atrium was performed successfully.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Body Surface Potential Mapping / methods*
  • Catheter Ablation / methods*
  • Fontan Procedure / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Male
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / diagnosis
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / etiology*
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome