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World J Cardiol. Jun 26, 2017; 9(6): 496-507
Published online Jun 26, 2017. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v9.i6.496
Atrial tachyarrhythmia in adult congenital heart disease
Arsha Karbassi, Krishnakumar Nair, Louise Harris, Rachel M Wald, S Lucy Roche
Arsha Karbassi, Krishnakumar Nair, Louise Harris, Rachel M Wald, S Lucy Roche, Toronto Congenital Cardiac Center for Adults, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2N2, Canada
S Lucy Roche, Division of Cardiology, 5N-521 Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 2N2, Canada
Author contributions: Karbassi A contributed to literature review and first draft of the manuscript; Nair K revised the section related to electrophysiology study and ablation; Harris L reviewed the completed manuscript and provided content edits; Wald RM edited the section on arrhythmia in pregnancy; Roche SL conceived the idea, structured, revised and edited each version of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Dr. S Lucy Roche, Staff Cardiologist, Division of Cardiology, 5N-521 Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 2N2, Canada. lucy.roche@uhn.ca
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Received: January 15, 2017
Peer-review started: January 16, 2017
First decision: March 8, 2017
Revised: March 22, 2017
Accepted: April 6, 2017
Article in press: April 10, 2017
Published online: June 26, 2017
Core Tip

Core tip: This review highlights the importance of atrial tachyarrhythmia in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients. It discusses causative mechanisms of arrhythmia, treatment of arrhythmia in the acute setting and on a long-term basis, including: Medications, catheter ablation, and anticoagulation. We include specific comments on the treatment of arrhythmias in ACHD patients who are pregnant.