Key result
Proposed LV summit terminology aims to facilitate radiofrequency ablation of challenging epicardial ventricular arrhythmias.
Why the study?
The left ventricular summit is a source of ventricular arrhythmias with high ablation difficulty, requiring systematic anatomical terminology to facilitate knowledge exchange between anatomists and electrophysiologists.
Provides systematic anatomical terminology for the left ventricular summit to facilitate communication between anatomists and electrophysiologists.
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May aid ablation communication for left ventricular summit arrhythmias; leaves open prospective validation of clinical utility.
In recent times the left ventricular summit (LVS) has become an interesting heart region. This triangular epicardial area is a ventricular arrhythmias source with a high level of difficulty for radiofrequency ablation. Providing systematic and comprehensive anatomical terminology of the LVS region may facilitate the exchanging of information among anatomists and electrophysiologists, increasing knowledge over this heart region. We will provide new anatomical terminology such as the apex of the left ventricular summit, arcuate line, septal margin, and mitral margin, as well as present a recent state of basic – scientific knowledge from this heart region.
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Kuniewicz et al. (2020) conducted a review in Ventricular arrhythmias. Systematic anatomical terminology for the left ventricular summit, a challenging epicardial source of ventricular arrhythmias, is proposed to facilitate knowledge exchange and radiofrequency ablation.
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