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P Abrams Mark1, Whang William1, Iyer Vivek1
11NewYork Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Medicine , 177 Fort Washington Ave New York.
Abstract:
This case report highlights the variety of wide complex tachycardias, and the need for their prompt management, in the growing population of patients with circulatory support devices. We present a case that demonstrates how a wide complex supraventricular tachycardia in a patient with a biventricular assist device can be safely and effectively targeted for treatment using percutaneous radiofrequency catheter ablation, allowing for clinical improvement, weaning of RVAD treatment, and discharge home with LVAD alone.
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