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Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia
Author(s) -
DAVIS MICHAEL J.E.,
MURDOCK CHALLON
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1988.tb06022.x
Subject(s) - medicine , refractory (planetary science) , catheter ablation , ventricular tachycardia , ablation , cardiology , tachycardia , catheter , radiofrequency ablation , radiofrequency catheter ablation , cardiac ablation , surgery , metallurgy , materials science
Transcatheter radiofrequency ablation of the arrhythmia focus was attempted in a 68‐year‐old patient with recurrent ventricular tachycardia, both spontaneous and inducible by programmed ventricular stimulation despite treatment with multiple antiarrhythmic drugs. The procedure was performed under local anesthetic without complication. The arrhythmia was not inducible immediately following ablation or 5 days later, and during 5 months follow‐up there has been no spontaneous recurrence.