title: Epicardial idiopathic ventricular tachycardia originating within the left main coronary artery ostium area: identification using the LocaLisa nonfluoroscopic catheter navigation system.
abstract: Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (IVT) in patients without structural heart disease commonly arises from the right or left outflow tracts, but there remain arrhythmias that can only be ablated by an epicardial approach. We report a case of an epicardial ventricular tachycardia originating within the left main coronary artery ostium area, as identified using the LocaLisa nonfluoroscopic catheter navigation system. Due to the high risk of coronary artery thrombosis, ventricular tachycardia was successfully ablated by a transthoracic surgical approach using cryoenergy. Ventricular ectopy disappeared and ventricular tachycardia did not recur during long-term follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Electrophysiology Laboratory, Cardiology Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Atienza
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arenal
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ormaetxe
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Almendral
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D003452:Cryosurgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery