[Reversibility of cardiomyopathy after therapy of incessant left ventricular tachycardia with radiofrequency ablation in a newborn infant].
We present a 15-month-old infant with tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy secondary to idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia, which was incessant despite medical treatment. In the electrocardiogram, the tachycardia showed right bundle branch morphology and left superior axis deviation and was successfully ablated with the application of radiofrequency in the inferior apical septal region of the left ventricle. One week after the procedure the shortening fraction increased from 12% to 30% and at 18 months of follow-up the patient is tachycardia-free.
Benito Bartolomé F
Unidad de arritmias, Hospital Materno-Infantil La Paz, Madrid.
Sánchez Fernández-Bernal C
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*