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Europace 2000 2(4):350-354; doi:10.1053/eupc.2000.0121
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CASE REPORT

Ablation of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia by bipolar radiofrequency current application between the left aortic sinus and the left ventricle

J. L. Merino, R. Peinado, L. Ramirez, I. Echeverria and J. A. Sobrino

Laboratory of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, U.M.Q. Cardiología, Hospital La Paz, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain

BACKGROUND: Failure to ablate idiopathic ventricular outflow tract tachycardia by radiofrequency current is not uncommon and suggests that non-standard approaches may be required to map and suppress idiopathic ventricular tachyarrhythmias in some patients.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Left and right ventricular activation and pace mapping proved inadequate for radiofrequency application in a patient with idiopathic ventricular outflow tract tachycardia. Presystolic activity was recorded at the left aortic sinus of Valsalva, and the QRS complex recorded at this location during pacing showed few differences compared with that recorded during tachycardia. Radiofrequency current application at this site transiently suppressed the tachycardia. Following new mapping of the left ventricle outflow tract, radiofrequency application just below the aortic valve in close proximity to the previous aortic application site transiently abolished the arrhythmia. Finally, bipolar radiofrequency application between the distal electrode of the aortic catheter and the distal electrode of a second catheter placed in the left ventricular subaortic area permanently suppressed the tachycardia.

CONCLUSION: Bipolar radiofrequency application between the aortic sinus of Valsalva and the left ventricle could be an alternative approach in occasional patients with idiopathic ventricular outflow tract tachycardia resistant to conventional left ventricular and aortic root unipolar radiofrequency application.

Key Words: Ventricular tachycardia, catheter ablation, electrophysiology, sinus of Valsalva, bipolar radiofrequency ablation

Correspondence: Dr J. L. Merino, Laboratorio de Electrofisiología Cardíaca (1aPl. Diagonal), Hospital General ‘La Paz’, P. de la Castellana 261, E-28046 Madrid, Spain.


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