Open AccessIdiopathic epicardial ventricular tachycardia originating from the great cardiac vein
Author(s) -
Erkan Yıldırım,
Barış Buğan,
Yalçın Gökoğlan,
Murat Çelik,
Uygar Çağdaş Yüksel,
Hasan Kutsi Kabul
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of the cardiovascular academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-6012
pISSN - 2405-8181
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijcac.2016.01.006
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , great cardiac vein , tachycardia , artery
Radiofrequency catheter ablation is accepted as an effective and curative therapy for idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (IVT). Although endocardial radiofrequency (RF) ablation is the common approach for ablation of IVTs, rare patients have been reported in whom ventricular tachycardia (VT) could not be ablated from endocardium due to an epicardial origin of the tachycardia. We, herein, present a case of IVT originating from the great cardiac vein that was successfully ablated within the coronary venous system