Radiofrequency catheter ablation of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia late after complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot using the pace mapping technique.
While surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot has improved the long-term outlook for this patient population, sudden death late after repair remains a problem. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) originating in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) is a well described, clinically important finding following surgical repair of tetralogy and a number of investigators suggest that this VT plays a critical role in the etiology of sudden death. We report two patients with RVOT VT late after repair of tetralogy who underwent successful radiofrequency ablation of their tachycardia.
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Carlyle Fraser Heart Center at Crawford W. Long Hospital, Atlanta, GA 30365.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*