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Outcomes of Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic Outflow Tract Ventricular Arrhythmias With an R Wave Pattern Break in Lead V2: A Distinct Clinical Entity
Author(s) -
HAYASHI TATSUYA,
SANTANGELI PASQUALE,
PATHAK RAJEEV K.,
MUSER DANIELE,
LIANG JACKSON J.,
CASTRO SIMON A.,
GARCIA FERMIN C.,
HUTCHINSON MATHEW D.,
SUPPLE GREGORY E.,
FRANKEL DAVID S.,
RILEY MICHAEL P.,
LIN DAVID,
SCHALLER ROBERT D.,
DIXIT SANJAY,
CALLANS DAVID J.,
ZADO ERICA S.,
MARCHLINSKI FRANCIS E.
Publication year - 2017
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/jce.13183
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , great cardiac vein , catheter ablation , ventricular outflow tract , ablation , left bundle branch block , right bundle branch block , interventricular septum , artery , electrocardiography , heart failure , ventricle
Outflow Tract VT With Pattern Break in Lead V2 Introduction In outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias (OT‐VAs), an abrupt loss of the R wave in lead V2 compared to V1 and V3 (pattern break in V2–PBV2) suggests an origin close to the anterior interventricular sulcus (anatomically opposite to lead V2) and adjacent to proximal coronaries. We studied the outcome of catheter ablation of OT‐VAs with a PBV2. Methods and Results Of 130 consecutive patients with idiopathic left bundle block morphology OT‐VAs and transition ≤V4, 12 (9%) had PBV2. Outcomes in this group were compared to the remaining 118 patients. Patients with PBV2 were more likely to be younger (41 ± 18 vs. 50 ± 14 years, P = 0.0384) and women (11 [92%] vs. 70 [59%], P = 0.0302). The earliest activation was at the RVOT in seven, left coronary cusp (LCC) in one, anterior interventricular vein (AIV) in two and the epicardium in two. In five (42%) cases (earliest activation in the AIV in two, epicardium in two, and RVOT below the valve level in one), ablation was aborted due to proximity to the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. After 36 ± 17 months and 1.3 ± 0.5 procedures, VAs elimination was achieved in 58% of patients with PBV2 compared to 89% of the reference population (P = 0.0125) with effective site in five of seven at the most anterior and leftward RVOT adjacent to the pulmonic valve (PV). Conclusions OT‐VAs with PBV2 demonstrate a unique ECG pattern and challenging catheter ablation. Proximity to LAD precludes ablation in about half. Long‐term VA suppression could be achieved in only 58% of cases most commonly when the earliest site is at the anterior and leftward RVOT just under the PV.