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Successful Catheter Ablation of Focal Ventricular Fibrillation in a Patient with Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
KIRUBAKARAN SENTHIL,
GILL JASWINDER,
RINALDI CHRISTOPHER A.
Publication year - 2011
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.1540-8159.2010.02750.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , catheter ablation , dilated cardiomyopathy , cardiomyopathy , ablation , atrial fibrillation , ventricular fibrillation , catheter , heart failure , radiology
A 64‐year‐old man with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and a biventricular defibrillator presented with recurrent ventricular fibrillation (VF) and defibrillator shocks. Evaluation of the intracardiac electrograms from his defibrillator demonstrated the consistent initiation of VF by unifocal premature ventricular complexes (PVCs). Noncontact mapping demonstrated the origin of the PVC to be near the left ventricular outflow tract toward the mitral valve ring. Several applications of radiofrequency at this position led to complete cessation of PVCs and prevented further VF. He has not had any further ventricular arrhythmias or defibrillator discharges during follow‐up. (PACE 2011; 34:e38–e42)