title: Successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of epicardial left ventricular outflow tract tachycardia from the anterior interventricular coronary vein.
abstract: We report a case of idiopathic left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) tachycardia that was eliminated by a radiofrequency application from the anterior interventricular coronary vein (AIV). The ECG exhibited QRS complexes with an inferior axis and atypical left bundle branch block pattern with an early transition of the precordial R waves at V3. Several radiofrequency applications from the coronary cusps and endocardial LVOT were not effective. Radiofrequency applications in the AIV, where the activation preceded the onset of the QRS by 30 msec, successfully eliminated the tachycardia. The AIV may be an optional site for radiofrequency ablation of idiopathic epicardial LVOT tachycardia.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirasawa
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: Yu-Ki
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000503:physiopathology; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*