Reduction of symptoms from LVOT tachycardia following inadvertent fast pathway ablation.
VT was mapped to above the aortic valve in a young patient with troublesome palpitations. A single 15-second RF application was inadvertently delivered to a reference His catheter producing permanent first-degree heart block. The patient has been completely asymptomatic since.
Furniss
S S
SS
Department of Academic Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. s.s.furniss@ncl.ac.uk
Bourke
J P
JP
Behulova
R
R
D000328:Adult; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000293:injuries; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology*; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology