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Table 1 Features of 10 Cases of Prolonged Asystole induced by radiofrequency ablation

From: Sudden asystole during radiofrequency ablation: a case report and literature review

Ref. number

Age(yrs)/sex

Diagnosis

Ablation site

Asystole time(s)

Repeated asystole

Therapy

Accompanying syndrome

Result

Adjacent ganglionated plexus

[8]

45/F

PAF

LSPV

8.2

No mention

Ventricular pacing

No mention

S

LSAGP

[8]

80/M

PAF

LSPV

9.5

No mention

Ventricular pacing

No mention

S

LSAGP

[9]

54/F

PAF

LSPV

17

No mention

None

Syncope

S

LSAGP

[3]

35/M

AVRT

Coronary sinus

8

Y

None

Near fainting; slight pain

S

PLLAGP

[4]

28/F

AVRT

LVFW

5.5

Y

Ventricular pacing

Near syncope; mild pain

S

PLLAGP

[5]

69/F

AVNRT

SP

10.3

Y

Atropine

No discomfort

S

PMLAGP

[6]

52/F

AVNRT

SP

4.6

Y

None

No pain

S

PMLAGP

[7]

43/M

AVNRT

SP

6.9

Y

None

Mild chest pain

F

PMLAGP

[10]

67/M

PAF

LSPV

12.5

Y

Ventricular pacing

No mention

S

LSAGP

Present

59/F

AVRT

LVFW

13.2

N

None

Syncope

S

PLLAGP

  1. Abbreviations: AVNRT atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, AVRT atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia, PAF paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, SP slow pathway, LVFW left ventricular free wall, LSPV left superior pulmonary, Y Yes, N No, S Success, F Failure, LSAGP Left superior atrial ganglionated plexus, PMLAGP posteromedial left atrial ganglionated plexus, PLLAGP posterolateral left atrial ganglionated plexus.