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.
Authors
- Yaanik Desai
- Nitish Badhwar
Institutions
- Cardiovascular Institute of the South (US)
- Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2026.02.007
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00