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16643368

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
Recent studies have demonstrated that premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) originating from the Purkinje system are responsible for initiation of ventricular fibrillation (VF) in patients with and without structural heart disease. Ablation of the PVCs has been shown to be feasible. We report 2 patients with repetitive VF associated with cardiac amyloidosis. Each episode of ventricular arrhythmia was preceded by monomorphic PVC. The electrical storms were drug resistant. Electrophysiological testing was performed and the sites of earliest activation were localized within the left ventricle in the absence of significant scar tissue. After ablation, PVCs subsided and there were no further VF recurrences.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1045-3873
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
426-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Catheter ablation of ventricular fibrillation storm in patients with infiltrative amyloidosis of the heart.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. natalea@ccf.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports