Integration of late-enhanced MRI and electroanatomical mapping for substrate ablation of poorly tolerated ventricular tachycardia.
We describe the case of a patient with a poorly tolerated ventricular tachycardia (VT) in which a substrate ablation was performed. The ablation was guided by the integrated images of the scar obtained by MRI and electro-anatomical mapping. This combined technique can make substrate ablation more accurate and may have a role in the ablation of unmappable VT.
Guerra
Jose M
JM
Electrophysiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain. jguerra@santpau.cat
Rodríguez-Font
Enrique
E
Alonso-Martín
Concepción
C
Viñolas
Xavier
X
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018780:Body Surface Potential Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome