Treatment of ventricular fibrillation in a patient with prior diagnosis of long QT syndrome: importance of precise electrophysiologic diagnosis to successfully ablate the trigger

Heart Rhythm. 2007 Aug;4(8):1090-3. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.03.006. Epub 2007 Mar 12.

Authors

Komandoor Srivathsan¹, Apoor S Gami, Michael J Ackerman, Samuel J Asirvatham

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

PMID: 17675087
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.03.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Body Surface Potential Mapping*
Catheter Ablation*
Comorbidity
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac
Female
Humans
Long QT Syndrome / epidemiology*
Ventricular Fibrillation / epidemiology*
Ventricular Fibrillation / surgery*