Irregularly irregular AVNRT misdiagnosed by smartwatch

A fifty-one-year-old woman presented with an irregularly irregular rhythm noted on a smartwatch. EP study revealed a narrow complex A-on-V tachycardia with significant cycle-length variability. Pacing maneuvers were consistent with atrioventricular nodal re-entry tachycardia (AVNRT), and we performed slow pathway modification. While AVNRT can have some degree of variability - particularly on warm up - the amount of irregularity here was striking, and much more than we have ever encountered or than has been previously reported in the literature.

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Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
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2026-02-01
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2026.02.007
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Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
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Irregularly irregular AVNRT misdiagnosed by smartwatch

Yaanik Desai, Nitish Badhwar
Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
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Irregularly irregular AVNRT misdiagnosed by smartwatch

Yaanik Desai, Nitish Badhwar
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Abstract

A fifty-one-year-old woman presented with an irregularly irregular rhythm noted on a smartwatch. EP study revealed a narrow complex A-on-V tachycardia with significant cycle-length variability. Pacing maneuvers were consistent with atrioventricular nodal re-entry tachycardia (AVNRT), and we performed slow pathway modification. While AVNRT can have some degree of variability - particularly on warm up - the amount of irregularity here was striking, and much more than we have ever encountered or than has been previously reported in the literature.

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
Cardiovascular Institute of the South (US), Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia (US)
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