Key result
Epicardial ablation using the Orion high-density catheter and Rhythmia mapping system successfully terminated ventricular tachycardia, with no recurrence at 1 year.
Why the study?
Does epicardial ablation using a high-density mapping system prevent recurrent VT in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to myocarditis?
Case Report (n=1)
No
Does epicardial ablation using a high-density mapping system prevent recurrent VT in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to myocarditis?
Epicardial ablation guided by high-density mapping and pre-procedural cardiac magnetic resonance successfully treated recurrent VT in a patient with post-myocarditis dilated cardiomyopathy.
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ECG-CMR correlation suggests epicardial VT origin in post-myocarditis cardiomyopathy; leaves open prospective validation of ablation strategies.
We report the case of a 44-year-old woman who was referred for ablation of recurrent ventricular tachycardia (VT) in the setting of dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to myocarditis. The ECG displayed a right bundle branch block morphology and superior axis in the frontal plane, associated with a pseudo delta wave in the precordial leads that suggested an epicardial origin. Cardiac magnetic resonance performed prior to the procedure showed late gadolinium enhancement at the lateral wall of the left ventricle (LV) and excluded subendocardial fibrosis in either ventricle. This information was crucial and influenced the ablation strategy, identifying the target area as exclusively epicardial, thus avoiding unnecessary mapping of the endocardial surface of the LV. Epicardial activation mapping and ablation during VT were performed using the Orion® high-density catheter (Boston Scientific Inc.) and the Rhythmia® mapping system (Boston Scientific Inc.). Applications near the exit site immediately terminated the tachycardia, which was no longer inducible. One year after the procedure the patient was still in sinus rhythm with no episodes of VT or non-sustained VT recorded by continuous monitoring via an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator. Reportamos o caso de uma doente referenciada para ablação de taquicardia ventricular (TV) recorrente em contexto de miocardiopatia dilatada, secundária a miocardite. O ECG apresentava bloqueio de ramo direito e eixo superior no plano frontal, associado a uma pseudo onda delta nas derivações precordiais, sugerindo origem epicárdica. Previamente ao estudo eletrofisiológico, foi realizada ressonância magnética que revelou realce tardio (gadolínio) da parede lateral do ventrículo esquerdo (VE), permitindo também excluir fibrose subendocárdica em ambos os ventrículos. Esta informação foi crucial na decisão da melhor estratégia terapêutica, identificando a área alvo da ablação como exclusivamente epicárdica, evitando o mapeamento desnecessário da superfície endocárdica do VE. O mapa de ativação epicárdica e ablação em TV foram realizados utilizando o cateter de alta densidade Orion® (Boston Scientific® Inc) e o sistema de mapeamento Rhythmia® (Boston Scientific® Inc). Aplicações de energia de radiofrequência junto ao local de saída terminaram a taquicardia, que sob estimulação ventricular programada não voltou a ser induzida. Um ano após o procedimento, a doente mantém-se em ritmo sinusal, sem novos episódios de taquicardia ventricular mantida ou não (monitorização contínua através do cardioversor desfibrilhador implantado).
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Cavaco et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Recurrent ventricular tachycardia in the setting of dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to myocarditis (n=1). Epicardial ablation using Orion high-density catheter and Rhythmia mapping system was evaluated on Termination of tachycardia and maintenance of sinus rhythm. Epicardial ablation using the Orion high-density catheter and Rhythmia mapping system successfully terminated ventricular tachycardia, with no recurrence at 1 year.
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