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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
Endocardial catheter ablation with direct current high voltage shocks was performed in a patient with recurrent syncope due to a catecholamine-sensitive ventricular tachycardia that was drug refractory and occurred in the absence of identifiable heart disease. Pace mapping and catheter activation mapping of the spontaneous and isoproterenol-induced ventricular tachycardia located the tachycardia origin in the right ventricular outflow tract. Ablation dramatically reduced spontaneous ventricular tachycardia and ectopic activity (from 50,000 to less than 100 ectopic beats/24 h). The patient has remained symptom free and without ventricular tachycardia recurrence for 3 years. These observations and review of previous studies suggest that catheter mapping can easily locate the arrhythmia focus in the right ventricular outflow tract and that catheter ablation can be performed at low risk. Catheter ablation is a viable option for the treatment of right ventricular catecholamine-sensitive tachycardias that are unresponsive to antiarrhythmic drugs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0735-1097
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
752-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment of catecholamine-sensitive right ventricular tachycardia by endocardial catheter ablation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, California.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports