Successful radiofrequency catheter ablation assisted by the CartoSound® system for outflow tract origin nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in a patient with a severely deformed thorax

We report the case of a 72-year-old man with a nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and a history of palpitations. He had a severely deformed thorax since childhood due to spinal caries. An integrated computed tomography image of the outflow tract region from the CartoSound® system revealed the deta...

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Main Authors: Naoaki Onishi, Kazuaki Kaitani, Masashi Amano, Yukiko Hayama, Seiko Nakajima, Koji Hanazawa, Yodo Tamaki, Makoto Miyake, Toshihiro Tamura, Hirokazu Kondo, Makoto Motooka, Chisato Izumi, Yoshihisa Nakagawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-02-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427613000653
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Summary:We report the case of a 72-year-old man with a nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and a history of palpitations. He had a severely deformed thorax since childhood due to spinal caries. An integrated computed tomography image of the outflow tract region from the CartoSound® system revealed the detailed anatomical information around the origin of the tachycardia and that the left anterior descending coronary artery was very close (<10 mm) to the target site. We carefully ablated that site with a 3.5-mm cooled-tip catheter while confirming it in the sound view, and succeeded without any complications.
ISSN:1880-4276