title: Radiofrequency catheter ablation of left atrial tachycardia originating within the pulmonary vein in a patient with dextrocardia.
abstract: A case is presented of a 38-year-old male with dextrocardia in whom radiofrequency current ablation of an incessant atrial tachycardia originating within the infero-lateral pulmonary vein was achieved. Activation mapping with detection of the earliest atrial activation was used for identification of the arrhythmogenic focus. In addition to fluoroscopy, transesophageal echocardiography was used for catheter guidance during the transseptal puncture. The present experience suggests that location of an arrhythmogenic focus within the pulmonary venous system should be considered whenever early atrial activation during ectopic atrial tachycardia is recorded at the junction between the left atrium and the pulmonary veins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Georg Hospital, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hatala
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Koschyk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siebels
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cappato
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kuck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000150:complications*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins; D013612:Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*