title: Cryoablation of incessant ventricular tachycardia: case report and long-term follow-up.
abstract: We report the case of a 52-year-old man who had incessant ventricular tachycardia despite treatment with antiarrhythmic agents. Placement of an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator, radiofrequency ablation, and antitachycardia pacing were ineffective. He underwent intraoperative arrhythmia mapping and cryoablation at our institution. Eighteen months later, he remained free of arrhythmia. He was in New York Heart Association functional class II with an ejection fraction of 30%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Afshar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rasekh
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Treistman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van Leeuwen
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Massumi
mesh_terms: D003452:Cryosurgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*