[Left ventricular catheter ablation of the AV conduction system with radiofrequency electric current].
We report on a 32-year-old female patient with a history of recurrent atrial fibrillation and rapid ventricular response (up to 240 beats/min) resistant to multiple drug therapy. In this patient, we successfully performed a radiofrequency catheter ablation of the atrioventricular (AV) junction from the left ventricle, after radiofrequency energy application in His-position above the tricuspid valve was unsuccessful. This technique offers an-alternative treatment in patients in whom the conventional right-sided catheter ablation of the AV junction proves ineffective.
Hoffmann
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Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.
Gerth
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A
Remp
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T
Müller
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D
Steinbeck
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G
D000328:Adult; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002036:Bundle of His / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans
Linksventrikuläre Katheterablation des AV-Uberleitungssystems mit Radiofrequenzstrom.