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ArticleHeart and vessels2016

Pathological autopsy of a patient that underwent a successful ablation of an electrical storm from the left ventricular summit.

Yuichi Hori, Shiro Nakahara, Sohtaro Mine, Naofumi Anjo, Akiko Fujii, Yoshihiko Ueda, Isao Taguchi

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Article in Heart and vessels, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Anatomy of the left ventricle for endocardial ablation].Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuichi HoriDepartment of Cardiology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, 2-1-50 Minami Koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama, 343-8555, Japan.
Shiro NakaharaDepartment of Cardiology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, 2-1-50 Minami Koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama, 343-8555, Japan. nshiro@dokkyomed.ac.jp.
Sohtaro MineDepartment of Pathology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan.
Naofumi AnjoDepartment of Cardiology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, 2-1-50 Minami Koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama, 343-8555, Japan.
Akiko FujiiDepartment of Pathology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan.
Yoshihiko UedaDepartment of Pathology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan.
Isao TaguchiDepartment of Cardiology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, 2-1-50 Minami Koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama, 343-8555, Japan.
Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center · JPUniversity of Tokyo Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 65-year-old man with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, underwent an autopsy 2 months after the successful ablation of a sustained left ventricular (LV) summit ventricular tachycardia (VT). The patient died due to interstitial pneumonia from amiodarone use. The earliest activation sites of the VT were documented from both inside the anterior interventricular vein (AIV) and epicardial surface. The diameter of the AIV was 3-4 mm, and the radiofrequency (RF) lesion inside the AIV was a slight lesion due to high impedance with a high temperature. The lesion from the epicardial surface was also superficial and insufficient due to neighboring coronary arteries and the existence of epicardial fat. A successful application was performed from the LV endocardium, and diffuse myocardial fibrosis was observed in the mid-myocardium including inside the RF lesions. The actual relationship between the myocardial fibrosis and LV summit VT remains unclear, but this case showed the difficulty of achieving a successful ablation from the epicardial side, when the focus exists in the mid-myocardium around the LV summit.

Indexed as

Catheter AblationAgedAmiodaroneAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsAutopsyElectrocardiographyElectrophysiologic Techniques, CardiacFatal OutcomeFibrosisHumansLung Diseases, InterstitialMaleMyocardiumTachycardia, VentricularTreatment OutcomeAmiodaroneAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsAblationLeft ventricular summitPathologyVentricular tachycardia

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PMID27178756
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