Key result
Radiofrequency ablation provides 10-year freedom from life-threatening VA in a child with LV diverticulum.
Why the study?
Left ventricular diverticulum is a rare and challenging pathology that can coexist with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.
Case Report (n=1)
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Ablation of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia with conservative management of left ventricular diverticulum can yield favorable long-term outcomes in pediatric patients.
Left ventricular diverticulum (LVD) is a rarely found and tricky pathology.The diagnosis in echocardiography lies in synchronous contractility.We present a child with LVD and coexisting life-threating ventricular arrhythmia.The patient was qualified to ablation of arrhythmia and conservative treatment of the diverticulum itself.The girl remains in a good clinical condition after 10 years of follow-up.However, a recent Holter ECG examination revealed benign ventricular arrhythmia.
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Szychta et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Left ventricular diverticulum with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia (n=1). Radiofrequency ablation was evaluated on Clinical condition and arrhythmia recurrence. Radiofrequency ablation successfully treated life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia in a 2-year-old child with a left ventricular diverticulum, maintaining good clinical condition over a 10-year follow-up.
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