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Nonsurgical Transthoracic Mapping and Ablation in a Child with Incessant Ventricular Tachycardia
Author(s) -
SOSA EDUARDO,
SCANAVACCA MAURICIO,
D'AVILA ANDRÉ,
TONDATO FERNANDO,
KUNYOSHI RICARDO,
ELIAS JORGE
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00322.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ablation , ventricular tachycardia , catheter ablation , cardiology , tachycardia , catheter , cardiac ablation , surgery
Epicardial Catheter Ablation in Pediatric Patients. We report the case of an 11‐month‐old child with incessant ventricular tachycardia who underwent two unsuccessful endocardial ablations with standard catheters and in whom the ventricular tachycardia was interrupted only during transthoracic epicardial catheter ablation. This report outlines the usefulness and safety of this novel approach in pediatric patients before surgery when endocardial ablation fails.