Successful radiofrequency ablation of ventricular premature contractions within the coronary sinus.
This case report describes frequent ventricular premature contractions (VPCs) originating from an epicardial site of the basal posteroseptal ventricle. Detailed pace-mapping using a high output pacing stimulator was utilized to successfully ablate VPCs within the coronary sinus.
Yamauchi
Yasuteru
Y
Division of Cardiology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. yamauchi@musashino.jrc.or.jp
Aonuma
Kazutaka
K
Sekiguchi
Yukio
Y
Obayashi
Tohru
T
Kumagai
Koji
K
Isobe
Mitsuaki
M
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D018879:Ventricular Premature Complexes / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*