PMID: 8967816May 1, 1996Paper

Ablation using radiofrequency in the treatment of ventricular tachycardia

Archivos del Instituto de Cardiología de México
J A Cordero CabraJ A González Hermosillo

Abstract

We performed radiofrequency catheter ablation in 14 consecutive patients with Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) 10 of which had healthy hearts, one patient with ischemic heart disease, one with arrhythmogenic dysplasia, one with dilated cardiomyopathy, and one with congenital heart disease. The localization of the VT was: 10 in the left posterior fascicular region, 3 in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), and one patient with ischemic heart disease with the substrate in the left ventricular apex. All of them with VT refractory to pharmacological management, using an average of 2.7 drugs per patient. After all patients underwent Electrophysiological Study (EPS), an intracavitary mapping was performed, in order to locate the arrhythmogenic substrate. Later on, the RF ablation was performed, delivering an average of 15 pulses, using 40 Watts, and an average time of 25 sec. per pulse. The procedure was successful in 60% of the fascicular VT, with a 16% of recurrence; 100% of success with those originated in the RVOT with no recurrence; in the ischemic patient we achieved primary success, but with recurrence, a second session was successful with no recurrence up to date. No major complications occurred in this group. Those patien...Continue Reading

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