Ablation of epicardial premature ventricular contractions in a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy and implementation of cardiac resynchronization therapy in the same procedure

Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi

Başar Candemir¹  Veysel Kutay Vurgun¹  Ali Timuçin Altın¹  Ömer Akyürek¹ 

[1] Department of Cardiology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey;

关键词: cardiac resynchronization therapy;    ischemic cardiomyopathy;    premature ventricular contraction;    radiofrequency ablation.;   

DOI  :  10.5543/tkda.2017.17776

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) can cause clinical deterioration in patients with heart failure and increase the frequency of shocks delivered by an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Epicardial PVC/ventricular tachycardia (VT) is seen less often in ischemic cardiomyopathy. Radiofrequency catheter ablation is the most effective treatment option for the management of PVC/VT and can improve cardiac function. Presently described is a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy and frequent PVCs and VT runs with multiple ICD therapies who was treated with simultaneous radiofrequency catheter ablation in the anterior interventricular vein and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator upgrade in the same procedure.

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