Re-entrant ventricular tachycardia as a complication of ablation of idiopathic ventricular premature beats from the right outflow tract: a case report.
Ablation
Case report
Epicardial ablation
Idiopathic ventricular premature beats
Outflow tract
Ventricular tachycardia
Journal
European heart journal. Case reports
ISSN: 2514-2119
Titre abrégé: Eur Heart J Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101730741
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
27
04
2020
revised:
19
05
2020
accepted:
27
10
2020
entrez:
14
1
2021
pubmed:
15
1
2021
medline:
15
1
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We report an unusual case of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) from the epicardial part of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). A 37-year-old woman who underwent in 2006 an ablation for idiopathic ventricular premature beats (VPBs) from the RVOT presented with pre-syncopal NSVT in 2016. A cardiac workup showed no coronary disease, normal biventricular function, and no enhancement on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. A metabolic positron emission tomography scan excluded inflammation. Biopsies revealed normal desmosomal proteins. An endocardial mapping revealed an area of low voltage potential (<0.5 mV) at the antero-septal aspect of the RVOT corresponding to the initial site of ablation from 2006. Activation mapping revealed poor prematurity and pace-mapping showed unsatisfactory morphologies in the RVOT, the left ventricle outflow tract and the right coronary cusp. An epicardial map revealed a low voltage area at the antero-septal aspect of the RVOT with fragmented potentials opposite to the endocardial scar. Pace-mapping demonstrated perfect match. An NSVT was induced and local electrocardiogram showed mid-diastolic potentials. Ablation was applied epicardially and endocardially without any complication. The patient was arrhythmia free at 4-year follow-up. Cardiac workup allowed to exclude specific conditions such as arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, tetralogy of Fallot, sarcoidosis, or myocarditis as a cause for NSVT from the RVOT. The epi and endocardial map showed residual scar subsequent to the first ablation which served as substrate for the re-entrant NSVT. This is the first case which describes NSVT from the epicardial RVOT as a complication from a previous endocardial ablation for idiopathic VPB.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
We report an unusual case of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) from the epicardial part of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT).
CASE SUMMARY
METHODS
A 37-year-old woman who underwent in 2006 an ablation for idiopathic ventricular premature beats (VPBs) from the RVOT presented with pre-syncopal NSVT in 2016. A cardiac workup showed no coronary disease, normal biventricular function, and no enhancement on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. A metabolic positron emission tomography scan excluded inflammation. Biopsies revealed normal desmosomal proteins. An endocardial mapping revealed an area of low voltage potential (<0.5 mV) at the antero-septal aspect of the RVOT corresponding to the initial site of ablation from 2006. Activation mapping revealed poor prematurity and pace-mapping showed unsatisfactory morphologies in the RVOT, the left ventricle outflow tract and the right coronary cusp. An epicardial map revealed a low voltage area at the antero-septal aspect of the RVOT with fragmented potentials opposite to the endocardial scar. Pace-mapping demonstrated perfect match. An NSVT was induced and local electrocardiogram showed mid-diastolic potentials. Ablation was applied epicardially and endocardially without any complication. The patient was arrhythmia free at 4-year follow-up.
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSIONS
Cardiac workup allowed to exclude specific conditions such as arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, tetralogy of Fallot, sarcoidosis, or myocarditis as a cause for NSVT from the RVOT. The epi and endocardial map showed residual scar subsequent to the first ablation which served as substrate for the re-entrant NSVT. This is the first case which describes NSVT from the epicardial RVOT as a complication from a previous endocardial ablation for idiopathic VPB.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33442648
doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa434
pii: ytaa434
pmc: PMC7793188
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1-7Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.
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