First in Asia: Ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with mechanical aortic and mitral valves using right atrium to left ventricle approach

Bai Sitti Ameerah Asleah B Tago; Chin-Yu Lin; Ting-Yung Chang

doi:10.1002/joa3.13186

First in Asia: Ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with mechanical aortic and mitral valves using right atrium to left ventricle approach

J Arrhythm. 2024 Nov 26;41(1):e13186. doi: 10.1002/joa3.13186. eCollection 2025 Feb.

Authors

Bai Sitti Ameerah Asleah B Tago¹, Chin-Yu Lin^{1

2}, Ting-Yung Chang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center Taipei Veterans General Hospital Taipei Taiwan.
² Department of Medicine National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Taipei Taiwan.

Abstract

With the cases of mechanical valves, especially double mitral and aortic valves, ablation at the left ventricle is very challenging. This case report used equipments that are readily available in the Electrophysiology laboratory, which can make the access feasible.

Keywords: catheter ablation; heart failure; mechanical valve; ventricular tachycardia.