Abstract
Interrelations between QRS morphology, duration, and HV interval changes in a model of "complete" bundle branch block following right bundle branch radiofrequency ablation have not been subjected to systematic study. This article describes these interrelations in patients who underwent right bundle ablation. Over a period of 42 months, 16 patients underwent radiofrequency ablation of the right bundle for treatment of bundle branch reentrant tachycardia. All 16 patients had prolonged HV interval at baseline (minimum = 60 ms; mean = 68 +/- 8 ms). After ablation, one patient developed complete heart block; the remaining 15 patients developed complete right bundle branch block (RBBB) and further prolongation of the HV interval (increment = 24 +/- 16 ms). In 14 of these 15 patients, QRS duration was 138 +/- 26 ms before ablation and increased to 168 +/- 13 ms after ablation. In the remaining patient, the QRS duration was 160 ms before ablation and shortened to 144 ms following ablation despite further HV prolongation. Larger increases of HV interval after ablation were associated with smaller or negative changes in QRS duration (r = -0.77). Three was a direct relationship between QRS duration at baseline and the increment in HV inte...Continue Reading
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