Successful Open Chest Epicardial Ablation for Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia in an LVAD Recipient

A patient with history of dilated cardiomyopathy, a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator, and endocardial ablation presented for refractory ventricular tachycardia 3 years after implantation of a Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist device (Jarvik Heart, Inc., New York, New York). Open-che...

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Autores principales: Corona, Silvia, Naliato, Moreno, Tondo, Claudio, Casella, Michela, Apostolo, Anna, Agostoni, Piergiuseppe, Salvi, Luca, Alamanni, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.02.007
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Sumario:A patient with history of dilated cardiomyopathy, a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator, and endocardial ablation presented for refractory ventricular tachycardia 3 years after implantation of a Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist device (Jarvik Heart, Inc., New York, New York). Open-chest epicardial ablation safely and effectively terminated the arrhythmia, without ventricular tachycardia recurrence at 9-month follow-up and in the absence of complications during the hospital stay. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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