title: Intracardiac thrombus: a good indication of ultrasound image integration system (Cartosound) for radiofrequency ablation.
abstract: We describe the case of a young man suffering from incessant ventricular tachycardia and a chronic apical left ventricular thrombus. We performed radiofrequency ablation of this tachycardia emerging from the border zone of the septoapical anevrism, near the apical thrombus. We used Cartosound system to avoid manipulation of catheter in the thrombus. We demonstrate, in this case, that the technique is feasible and safe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier 34000, France.
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raczka
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Granier
authors.forename: Thien Tri
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Cung
authors.forename: Jean Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Davy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left