Gabarin Mustafa, Bonacina Javier, Menon Syamkumar Divakara
Cardiology Division, Hamilton Health Sciences, Arrhythmia Service Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Cardiology Department, Meir Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
J Innov Card Rhythm Manag. 2025 Aug 15;16(8):6399-6405. doi: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16082. eCollection 2025 Aug.
We present a case of a 71-year-old woman with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and atypical atrial flutter (AFL), ultimately diagnosed with a rare type 3 macro-re-entrant biatrial tachycardia (BiAT). Despite initial pulmonary vein isolation and anterior line ablation for atypical AFL, she experienced recurrent AFL requiring a complex redo ablation. Successful termination of the tachycardia was achieved by extending ablation to the septal regions of both atria. This case highlights the complexity of managing BiAT.
我们报告一例71岁女性,患有症状性阵发性心房颤动和非典型心房扑动(AFL),最终诊断为罕见的3型大折返性双房性心动过速(BiAT)。尽管最初进行了肺静脉隔离和针对非典型AFL的前路消融,但她仍经历复发性AFL,需要进行复杂的再次消融。通过将消融扩展至双房的间隔区域成功终止了心动过速。该病例突出了BiAT管理的复杂性。