Key result
Catheter ablation eliminates posterior mitral annulus VT with sustained arrhythmia freedom at 1 year.
Why the study?
Does radiofrequency catheter ablation successfully treat idiopathic ventricular tachycardia originating from the posterior mitral annulus?
Case Report (n=1)
No
Does radiofrequency catheter ablation successfully treat idiopathic ventricular tachycardia originating from the posterior mitral annulus?
Radiofrequency catheter ablation guided by electroanatomical mapping can successfully treat rare idiopathic ventricular tachycardia originating from the posterior mitral annulus.
May support ablation for this rare VT origin; hypothesis-generating and requires larger studies before practice change.
Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (IVT) is an important type of arrhythmia, which has distinct electrocardiographic features and treatment options. Most of the cases originate from right ventricular outflow tract and less frequently from the left ventricular outflow tract. IVTs originating from mitral annulus are rare, and little is known about the efficacy of radiofrequency catheter ablation in this form. We hereby present a rare case of IVT arising from posterior mitral annulus. The electrocardiographic, electrophysiological, and electroanatomical characteristics of this tachycardia are discussed.
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Aksu et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (n=1). Radiofrequency catheter ablation was evaluated on Termination of ventricular tachycardia and freedom from arrhythmias. Radiofrequency catheter ablation successfully terminated idiopathic ventricular tachycardia originating from the posterior mitral annulus, with the patient remaining arrhythmia-free at 1 year.
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