The first human rabies case in Chile since 1972 occurred in March 1996 in a patient without history of known exposure. Antigenic and genetic characterization of the rabies isolate indicated that its reservoir was the insectivorous bat Tadarida brasiliensis. This is the first human rabies case caused by an insectivorous bat rabies virus variant reported in Latin America.
A 26-year-old woman with partial atrioventricular (AV) canal defect surgically closed with pericardial patch in a mode that the triangle of Koch had become part of the left atrium underwent successful slow pathway ablation for slow-fast AV nodal reentrant tachycardia. Transseptal approach was used because of the atypical post-operative anatomy. Transseptal catheter ablation of the slow pathway can be a reasonable and safe alternative in patients subjected to this type of operation.
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