Role of Electrophysiological Study and Catheter Ablation for Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Complicating Myocarditis
Here we report the case of a 31-year-old man admitted to our hospital with echocardiografic and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance signs of myocarditis complicated by ventricular tachycardia, initially resolved with direct current shock. After the recurrence of ventricular tachycardia the patient was submit...
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| author | Emanuele Cecchi Serena Fatucchi Elena Crudeli Cristina Giglioli |
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| description | Here we report the case of a 31-year-old man admitted to our hospital with echocardiografic and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance signs of myocarditis complicated by ventricular tachycardia, initially resolved with direct current shock. After the recurrence of ventricular tachycardia the patient was submitted to electrophysiological study revealing a re-entrant circuit at the level of the medium segment of interventricular septum, successfully treated with transcatheter ablation. This case highlights how the presence of recurrent ventricular arrhythmias at the onset of acute myocarditis, suspected or proven, could be associated with a pre-existing arrhythmogenic substrate, therefore these patients should be submitted to electrophysiological study in order to rule out the presence of arrhythmogenic focuses that can be treated with transcatheter ablation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11a0c9d9a43b478b92f43465627df0df2022-12-21T16:54:01ZengKarolinum PressActa Medica1211-42861805-96942012-01-01552969910.14712/18059694.2015.63Role of Electrophysiological Study and Catheter Ablation for Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Complicating MyocarditisEmanuele Cecchi0Serena Fatucchi1Elena Crudeli2Cristina Giglioli3Department of Heart and Vessels, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, ItalyDepartment of Heart and Vessels, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, ItalyDepartment of Heart and Vessels, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, ItalyDepartment of Heart and Vessels, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, ItalyHere we report the case of a 31-year-old man admitted to our hospital with echocardiografic and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance signs of myocarditis complicated by ventricular tachycardia, initially resolved with direct current shock. After the recurrence of ventricular tachycardia the patient was submitted to electrophysiological study revealing a re-entrant circuit at the level of the medium segment of interventricular septum, successfully treated with transcatheter ablation. This case highlights how the presence of recurrent ventricular arrhythmias at the onset of acute myocarditis, suspected or proven, could be associated with a pre-existing arrhythmogenic substrate, therefore these patients should be submitted to electrophysiological study in order to rule out the presence of arrhythmogenic focuses that can be treated with transcatheter ablation.https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/55/2/0096/MyocarditisVentricular arrhythmiasElectrophysiological studyCatheter ablation |
| spellingShingle | Emanuele Cecchi Serena Fatucchi Elena Crudeli Cristina Giglioli Role of Electrophysiological Study and Catheter Ablation for Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Complicating Myocarditis Acta Medica Myocarditis Ventricular arrhythmias Electrophysiological study Catheter ablation |
| title | Role of Electrophysiological Study and Catheter Ablation for Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Complicating Myocarditis |
| title_full | Role of Electrophysiological Study and Catheter Ablation for Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Complicating Myocarditis |
| title_fullStr | Role of Electrophysiological Study and Catheter Ablation for Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Complicating Myocarditis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role of Electrophysiological Study and Catheter Ablation for Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Complicating Myocarditis |
| title_short | Role of Electrophysiological Study and Catheter Ablation for Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Complicating Myocarditis |
| title_sort | role of electrophysiological study and catheter ablation for recurrent ventricular tachycardia complicating myocarditis |
| topic | Myocarditis Ventricular arrhythmias Electrophysiological study Catheter ablation |
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