Endocardial resection in the treatment of ventricular tachycardia secondary to cardiac trauma.
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.
Bavaria
J E
JE
Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Miller
J M
JM
Josephson
M E
ME
Hargrove
W C
WC
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*