Substrate in the interventricular septum for left ventricular and right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia: ablation from the right side of the septum.
Simultaneous epicardial and endocardial mapping demonstrated that in a substantial number of ventricular tachycardias (VTs) endocardial, intramural, and epicardial structures are involved in the substrate of the reentrant circuits. Both right and left ventricular breakthrough has also been described during VT originating in the interventricular septum. We report the case of a patient with a nonischemic left ventricular aneurysm presenting with a left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) tachycardia and a right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) tachycardia. Mapping from the anterior interventricular vein and the endocardium of the RVOT revealed mid-diastolic potentials at the epicardium of the LVOT and the endocardium of RVOT, where the criteria of central isthmus sites could be demonstrated. Ablation targeting an isolated late potential during sinus rhythm in RVOT eliminated both the LVOT tachycardia and the RVOT tachycardia. In this patient with a nonischemic left ventricular aneurysm, the substrate of a LVOT tachycardia and RVOT tachycardia is described, and successful catheter ablation of the right and left ventricular tachycardia from the septal wall of RVOT is reported.
Reithmann
Christopher
C
Department of Medicine I, Grosshadern University Hospital, Munich, Germany. christopher.reithmann@med.uni-muenchen.de
Remp
Thomas
T
Steinbeck
Gerhard
G
D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*