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Incessant Interfascicular Reentrant Ventricular Tachycardia as a Result of Catheter Ablation of the Right Bundle Branch: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
BLANCK ZALMEN,
SRA JASBIR,
AKHTAR MASOOD
Publication year - 2009
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.1540-8167.2009.01459.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , tachycardia , fascicle , catheter ablation , reentry , ventricular tachycardia , right bundle branch block , ablation , left bundle branch block , bundle , catheter , bundle branch block , anesthesia , surgery , electrocardiography , heart failure , anatomy , materials science , composite material
A 72‐year‐old woman developed incessant interfascicular (IF) ventricular tachycardia immediately after successful right bundle branch (RBB) catheter ablation for the treatment of sustained bundle branch reentrant tachycardia. Catheter ablation of the left bundle branch and the left anterior fascicle was successful in eliminating the tachycardia (in 2 different sessions). This report discusses the direct link between the creation of an RBB block and the development of IF tachycardia, in our case, and in prior cases of IF reentry reported in the literature.