title: Endocardial resection in the treatment of ventricular tachycardia secondary to cardiac trauma.
abstract: Sustained ventricular tachycardia with left ventricular aneurysm formation is a rare complication following penetrating cardiac trauma. We present an unusual case of serious ventricular tachycardia which developed 35 years after a World War II injury and was successfully treated with aneurysmectomy, map-guided subendocardial resection, and cryoablation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bavaria
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Josephson
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hargrove
mesh_terms: D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D003452:Cryosurgery; D004699:Endocardium / Q000601:surgery; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*