title: Incessant ventricular tachycardia early after acute myocardial infarction: efficacy of radiofrequency catheter ablation but not of optimal coronary revascularization.
abstract: Incessant ventricular tachycardia is an arrhythmia refractory to conventional antiarrhythmic treatment. We describe the case of 55-year-old man who presented incessant ventricular tachycardia in the early post-acute phase of myocardial infarction. Optimal coronary revascularization was not effective, but radiofrequency catheter ablation was able to eliminate the anatomic substrate and clinical arrhythmic recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, S. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonanno
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ometto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Finocchi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rulfo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: La Vecchia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vincenzi
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors