title: Surgical ablation for idiopathic ventricular tachycardia.
abstract: A 33-year-old man with a right-bundle branch, left-axis deviation ventricular tachycardia was medically treated unsuccessfully. Surgical mapping and ablation was performed with a successful surgical result. A discussion of surgical results for this problem is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Blakeman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wilber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005355:Fibrosis; D005424:Flecainide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D005424:Flecainide