Incessant ventricular tachycardia in fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis: Evidence for origin in the Purkinje system and successful treatment with ablation

Heart Rhythm. 2007 Jan;4(1):88-91. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.09.002. Epub 2006 Sep 9.

Authors

Katja Zeppenfeld¹, Nico A Blom, Marianne Bootsma, Martin J Schalij

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. [email protected]

PMID: 17198997
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.09.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Catheter Ablation*
Electrocardiography
Female
Humans
Lymphocytes / pathology*
Myocarditis / complications
Myocarditis / surgery*
Purkinje Fibers / physiopathology*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
Tachycardia, Ventricular / surgery*