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Ventricular Tachycardia as a Complication of Atrial Flutter Ablation
Author(s) -
RAMANNA HEMANTH,
DERKSEN RICHARD,
ELVAN ARIF,
SIMMERS TIMOTHY A.,
WITTKAMPE FRED H.M.,
HAUER RICHARD N.W.,
MEDINA ETIENNE O. ROBLES
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.tb00344.x
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial flutter , cardiology , ablation , catheter ablation , reentry , radiofrequency ablation , atrial tachycardia , ventricular tachycardia , ventricle , tachycardia , complication , cardiomyopathy , heart failure
VT Complication of Flutter Ablation. A 6l‐year‐old woman with dilated cardiomyopathy, who previously underwent successful radiofrequency catheter ablaition for atrial flutter, developed monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT). The site of VT origin was the inferobasal right ventricle adjacent to the previous atrial isthmus ablation area. The most likely mechanism for the VT was scar‐related reentry, the scar being the result of previous radiofrequency lesions in the atrial isthmus. The VT was successfully ablated.