title: Catheter ablation of premature ventricular contractions originating from the His bundle region.
abstract: We describe a 35-year-old man with idiopathic frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) originating from the His-bundle region, where a low frequency ventricular potential was recorded in the bipolar recording and QR pattern in the unipolar recording. Electro-anatomical mapping revealed a confined low voltage zone (<1.2 mV) in the His-bundle region, and the activation spread out radially to the entire right ventricle. The PVCs were successfully abolished without any atrioventricular block by a step-wise incremental radiofrequency energy application to the His-bundle region. The patient has remained free from PVCs or any symptoms without medication during a 23 month follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: Awakigahara Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ashikaga
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000715:Anatomy / Q000379:methods; D002036:Bundle of His / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000503:physiopathology; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018879:Ventricular Premature Complexes / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*