[Optimized transseptal approach for left ventricular tachycardia ablation in a patient with a mechanical prosthetic aortic valve].
Prosthetic valves may make ventricular access difficult in radiofrequency catheter ablation. This case report describes an optimized atrial transseptal approach to access the ventricle in a patient with left ventricular tachycardia and a mechanical prosthetic aortic valve.
Isa Param
Rodrigo
R
Unidad de Arritmias, Instituto Cardiovascular, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
Pérez-Castellano
Nicasio
N
Villacastín
Julián
J
Moreno
Javier
J
Ruiz
Eduardo
E
Solís
Jorge
J
D001021:Aortic Valve; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*