title: Epicardial ablation of syncopal ventricular tachycardia. Utility of the electrocardiogram.
abstract: We describe the case of a young man with syncopal ventricular tachycardia, normal left ventricular ejection fraction, normal coronary arteries, and a left ventricular aneurysm. The ECG during tachycardia suggested an epicardial origin. The arrhythmia was successfully treated using a non-surgical transthoracic epicardial approach.
authors.affiliation: Arrhythmia Section, Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, Villarroel, 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain. berruezo@clinic.ub.es
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berruezo
authors.forename: Lucas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.forename: Lluis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mont
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brugada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013575:Syncope / Q000503:physiopathology; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*