Radiofrequency ablation of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in a donor heart after orthotopic heart transplantation

J Heart Lung Transplant. 1994 Sep-Oct;13(5):905-9.

Abstract

Orthotopic heart transplantation was performed in a 65-year-old man with a donor heart with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. An electrophysiologic study performed 7 days after transplantation showed a left-lateral accessory pathway that exhibited only anterograde conduction. Radiofrequency ablation of the bypass tract was successfully performed, and no evidence of recurrence was found at 12 months' follow-up. We suggest that potential donors with known electrophysiologic abnormalities that are amenable to catheter ablation techniques should be considered for orthotopic heart transplantation, thus broadening the potential donor pool.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Atrioventricular Node / physiopathology
  • Body Surface Potential Mapping
  • Bundle of His / physiopathology
  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
  • Catheter Ablation* / methods
  • Electrocardiography
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Atria / innervation
  • Heart Conduction System / physiopathology
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Heart Ventricles / innervation
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tissue Donors
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / surgery*