Successful radiofrequency catheter ablation assisted by the CartoSound®system for outflow tract origin nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in a patient with a severely deformed thorax

Autor: Onishi, Naoaki, Kaitani, Kazuaki, Amano, Masashi, Hayama, Yukiko, Nakajima, Seiko, Hanazawa, Koji, Tamaki, Yodo, Miyake, Makoto, Tamura, Toshihiro, Kondo, Hirokazu, Motooka, Makoto, Izumi, Chisato, Nakagawa, Yoshihisa
Zdroj: Journal of Arrhythmia; February 2014, Vol. 30 Issue: 1 p65-67, 3p
Abstrakt: We report the case of a 72-year-old man with a nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and a history of palpitations. He had a severely deformed thorax since childhood due to spinal caries. An integrated computed tomography image of the outflow tract region from the CartoSound®system revealed the detailed anatomical information around the origin of the tachycardia and that the left anterior descending coronary artery was very close (<10 mm) to the target site. We carefully ablated that site with a 3.5-mm cooled-tip catheter while confirming it in the sound view, and succeeded without any complications.
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