title: Radiofrequency catheter ablation of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia originating in the main stem of the pulmonary artery.
abstract: We report the case of a patient in whom successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of an idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (VT) originating in the main stem of the pulmonary artery was performed. After successful ablation of the index arrhythmia, which was an idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract VT, a second VT with a different QRS morphology was reproducibly induced. Mapping of the second VT revealed the presence of myocardium approximately 2 cm above the pulmonary valve. Application of radiofrequency energy at this site resulted in termination and noninducibility of this VT. After 6-month follow-up, the patient remained free from VT recurrences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands. C.Timmermans@cardio.azm.nl
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Timmermans
authors.forename: Luz-Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Argelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Medeiros
authors.forename: Harry J G M
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Crijns
authors.forename: Hein J J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Wellens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*