Initial Human Feasibility of Infusion Needle Catheter Ablation for Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia | Zendy

John L. Sapp | Zendy; Christopher Beeckler | Zendy; Robert M. Pike | Zendy; Ratika Parkash | Zendy; Christopher Gray | Zendy; Katja Zeppenfeld | Zendy; Vikas Kuriachan | Zendy; William G. Stevenson | Zendy

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Initial Human Feasibility of Infusion Needle Catheter Ablation for Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia

Author(s) -

John L. Sapp,

Christopher Beeckler,

Robert M. Pike,

Ratika Parkash,

Christopher Gray,

Katja Zeppenfeld,

Vikas Kuriachan,

William G. Stevenson

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.003423

Subject(s) - medicine , refractory (planetary science) , ablation , catheter ablation , ventricular tachycardia , catheter , cardiac ablation , cardiology , tachycardia , anesthesia , surgery , physics , astrobiology

Ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT) is sometimes unsuccessful when ablation lesions are of insufficient depth to reach arrhythmogenic substrate. We report the initial experience with the use of a catheter with an extendable/retractable irrigated needle at the tip capable of intramyocardial mapping and ablation.

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