Ventricular tachycardia storm originating from interventricular septum successfully treated with surgical
Iwanari Kawamura1, Seiji Fukamizu1, Satoshi Miyazawa1
1Department of Cardiology Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Abstract:
A 58-year-old man with dilated cardiomyopathy was admitted with heart failure. He had a history of two catheter ablation procedures for ventricular tachycardia (VT) originating from the intraventricular septum (IVS). Before dual valve replacement (DVR), he suffered a VT storm. An electrophysiological study revealed an extended low-voltage area at the IVS with the exit of the induced VT at the anterior side. Radiofrequency application was performed at the VT exit as a landmark for surgical cryoablation (SA). During the DVR, SA was performed at the IVS using this landmark. After SA, the patient had no ventricular tachyarrhythmia.
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