[Transcatheter radiofrequency bundle branch ablation in bundle branch reentry ventricular tachycardia: report of a case]

Cardiologia. 1996 Apr;41(4):369-74.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Two patients with branch to branch ventricular tachycardia (BBVT) are reported: successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of BBVT was performed in both, delivering energy distally to the point where the maximum amplitude of His deflection occurred, so that a wide ventricular deflection was obtained without any atrial electrogram. No significant conduction delay appeared but a right bundle branch block. HV intervals during BBVT resulted equal or longer than in sinus rhythm: whether this was secondary to anatomical or functional variations or to the possibility that the His bundle may be "bystander" in BBVT, is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* / complications
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* / surgery
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / diagnostic imaging
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / surgery*