title: Chronic atrial fibrillation and incessant ventricular tachycardia treated with a single transcatheter ablation.
abstract: We present a unique patient with a 12-year history of chronic atrial fibrillation resistant to external direct current shocks associated with incessant ventricular tachycardia. Both arrhythmias were treated with a single shock delivered through a catheter at the atrioventricular junction. The other unusual feature is that sinus rhythm has been maintained in a follow-up of 6 months after the intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rokas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaitanidou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moulopoulos
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*