ISSN:
1540-8159
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
RF catheter ablation was performed in 16 patients with nonreentrant idiopathic VT originating from the RVOT. All documented VT was monomorphic, but subtle morphological variation in the VT-QRS complex was observed in 10 (63%) of 16 patients. Through endocardial mapping, VT origin was determined within a narrow site (〈 0.5 ± 0.5 cm) in 4 of the 10 patients with the morphological variation. In the other 6 of 10 patients, the origin extended to an area of 〉 0.5 ± 0.5 cm. In VT with morphological variation, the local electrogram at the site of VT origin also showed variation in morphology and activation sequence. For VT of narrow origin, RF application to the site eliminated the VT. However, in VT from a wide arrhythmogenic area, RF current had to be delivered to 3–7 distinct sites to cover the possible origin, and specific QRS configuration of VT and/or PVC was ablated at each of the earliest activation site. All but one VT were successfully ablated by RF current. Subtle morphological variation was frequent in this type of VT, and about half were associated with a wide arrhythmogenic area. Precise mapping and analysis of the efficacy of each BF application might be helpful to better understand the relationship between subtle changes of VT-QRS morphology and their origins.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06177.x
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