Open AccessFast and safe mapping of ventricular tachycardia in patient with left ventricular assist device
Author(s) -
Trevisi Nicola,
Frontera Antonio,
Calore Federico,
Okubo Kenji,
Della Bella Paolo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2004
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular tachycardia , cardiology , ventricular assist device , heart failure
Key Clinical Message The characterization of the pathological substrate and/or mapping of the clinical ventricular tachycardia in patients with left ventricular assist device may represent a challenge, due to the risk of entrapment of the intracardiac catheter into the inflow cannula. Hereby, we present the technique of a fast and safe mapping using a 20‐poles catheter which allowed the identification of the critical isthmus during ventricular tachycardia.