RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION OF LEFT ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA ORIGINATING WITHIN THE PULMONARY VEIN IN A PATIENT WITH DEXTROCARDIA

Citation
R. Hatala et al., RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION OF LEFT ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA ORIGINATING WITHIN THE PULMONARY VEIN IN A PATIENT WITH DEXTROCARDIA, PACE, 19(6), 1996, pp. 999-1002
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Engineering, Biomedical
ISSN journal
01478389
Volume
19
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
999 - 1002
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-8389(1996)19:6<999:RCAOLA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A case is presented of a 38-year-old male with dextrocardia in whom ra diofrequency current ablation of an incessant atrial tachycardia origi nating within the infero-lateral pulmonary vein was achieved. Activati on mapping with defection of the earliest atrial activation was used f or identification of the arrhythmogenic focus. in addition to fluorosc opy, transesophageal echocardiography was used for catheter guidance d uring the transseptal puncture. The present experience suggests that l ocation of an arrhythmogenic focus within the pulmonary venous system should be considered whenever early atrial activation during ectopic a trial tachycardia is recorded at the junction between the left atrium and the pulmonary veins.