Clockwise and counter-clockwise circulation of wavefronts around an anatomical obstacle as one mechanism of two morphologies of sustained ventricular tachycardia in patients after a corrective operation of tetralogy of Fallot

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 1997 Sep;20(9 Pt 1):2279-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb04250.x.

Abstract

Two different monomorphic VTs were observed in two patients after a corrective operation for tetralogy of Fallot. The activation pattern of the wavefronts of the two VTs were different: in a counter-clockwise direction around the anatomical obstacle due to a ventriculotomy of the right ventricle in one VT; and in a clockwise direction around the same obstacle in the other VT. The different revolutions of the wavefronts could be the mechanism for the different morphologies of VT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
  • Cicatrix
  • Electrocardiography*
  • Female
  • Heart Conduction System / physiopathology*
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / physiopathology*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology*
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / physiopathology
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / surgery*