Catheter ablation of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia originating from myocardial extensions into a noncoronary aortic cusp

Peter Hlivák; Petr Peichl; Robert Cihák; Dan Wichterle; Josef Kautzner

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02152.x

Catheter ablation of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia originating from myocardial extensions into a noncoronary aortic cusp

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2012 Jan;23(1):98-101. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02152.x. Epub 2011 Aug 17.

Authors

Peter Hlivák¹, Petr Peichl, Robert Cihák, Dan Wichterle, Josef Kautzner

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.

PMID: 21848632
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02152.x

Abstract

We present a 34-year-old woman with idiopathic ventricular tachycardia that resisted 2 previous attempts for catheter ablation and was successfully ablated in the myocardial extension within the noncoronary aortic cusp.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Action Potentials
Adult
Aortic Valve / physiopathology
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
Catheter Ablation*
Electrocardiography
Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac
Female
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
Heart Ventricles / surgery*
Humans
Myocardium
Reoperation
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
Tachycardia, Ventricular / surgery*
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging