The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 55, 164-166, Copyright © 1993 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Treatment of incessant reciprocating atrioventricular tachycardia by a closed heart surgical technique
YA Louagie, L De Roy and JC Schoevaerdts
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Academic Hospital of Mont-Godinne (Catholic University of Louvain), Yvoir, Belgium.
The case of a 40-year-old woman having disabling symptoms of incessant
atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia is reported. She underwent
surgical therapy by a closed heart technique. Operative technique and the
advantages of the epicardial approach in the present case are detailed.