Ablation of post-myocardial infarction focal ventricular tachycardia

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
Alexandre MaluskiNadir Saoudi

Abstract

In the chronic phase of myocardial infarction, the presence of scar areas allows the development of macro-reentries which become the most frequent mechanism underlying ventricular tachycardia (VT). A focal mechanism has been already described in the presence of scar in animal models or in humans but only during surgery. We report a case of focal automatic VT arising from postinfarction scar fibrosis, successfully mapped and ablated during an electro-physiological procedure.

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Jul 30, 2005·Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology·Motohiro NakaoNadir Saoudi
Dec 28, 2007·The New England Journal of Medicine·Vivek Y ReddyMark E Josephson
Feb 10, 2009·Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society·Suneet Mittal

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Oct 14, 2016·Europace : European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology : Journal of the Working Groups on Cardiac Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology·Bingbo HouYan Yao

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