Sustained ventricular tachycardia following alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2005 Dec;28(12):1354-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00278.x.

Abstract

A 49-year-old man with a history of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) presented in sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (SMVT) 8 days post-alcohol septal ablation. A dual chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator ICD was implanted and the patient experienced another episode of VT 3 weeks later, which was terminated by an ICD shock. This case demonstrates probable scar-induced reentrant VT post-alcohol septal ablation, a likely rare but hypothesized complication of this procedure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / therapy*
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Ethanol / therapeutic use*
  • Heart Septum / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Recurrence
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*

Substances

  • Ethanol