Key result
Successful epicardial mapping and radiofrequency catheter ablation of an ischemic left ventricular tachycardia was performed in a single patient using pericardial access and the CARTO mapping system.
Case Report (n=1)
Demonstrates the feasibility of epicardial mapping and ablation using a 3D nonfluoroscopic mapping system for ischemic ventricular tachycardia.
Should not change practice after one case; leaves open the role of CARTO-guided epicardial ablation in ischemic VT.
Endocardial radiofrequency catheter ablation of ischemic left ventricular tachycardia has been of variable success due to multiple factors. Two such factors include the location of the reentrant circuit in the deep myocardium or on the epicardial surface and the inherent limitations of fluoroscopy as a guide for target localization. We report a patient in whom successful epicardial mapping and radiofrequency catheter ablation of an ischemic left ventricular tachycardia was performed using pericardial access and the CARTO electroanatomic mapping system.
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Tomassoni et al. (1999) conducted a case report in Ischemic left ventricular tachycardia (n=1). Epicardial mapping and radiofrequency catheter ablation using pericardial access and CARTO electroanatomic mapping system was evaluated on Successful epicardial mapping and radiofrequency catheter ablation. Successful epicardial mapping and radiofrequency catheter ablation of an ischemic left ventricular tachycardia was performed in a single patient using pericardial access and the CARTO mapping system.
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