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: Naoaki Onishi, Kazuaki Kaitani, Masashi Amano, Yukiko Hayama, Seiko Nakajima, Koji Hanazawa, Yodo Tamaki, Makoto Miyake, Toshihiro Tamura, Hirokazu Kondo, Makoto Motooka, Chisato Izumi, Yoshihisa Nakagawa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Arrhythmia, Vol 30, Iss 1, Pp 65-67 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1880-4276
DOI: 10.1016/j.joa.2013.03.003
Popis: 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 (
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