Epicardial ablation of ventricular tachycardia in a patient with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia after failed conventional endocardial ablation: a case for remote navigation with functional image integration
Author(s)
Ernst, Sabine
Roy, Karine
Lim, Eric
Thomas, Glyn
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) is an inheritable heart muscle disease that predominantly affects the right ventricle (RV) and predisposes to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD)1. The natural history is predominantly related to ventricular electric instability which may lead to arrhythmic SCD, mostly in young people and athletes2,3, but may progress with significant RV muscle disease and left-ventricular (LV) involvement and can result in right or biventricular heart failure4. We report on a 54-year-old male with ARVD who underwent an epicardial ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation using remote magnetic navigation (RMN) after functional imaging from a nuclear perfusion study was fused with a 3D segmentation from computed tomography (CT) imaging.
Date Issued
2017-03-09
Date Acceptance
2016-12-12
Citation
Global Cardiology Science & Practice, 2017, 2016 (4)
ISSN
2305-7823
Publisher
Magdi Yacoub Institute
Journal / Book Title
Global Cardiology Science & Practice
Volume
2016
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2016 The Author(s), licensee
Magdi Yacoub Institute. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Magdi Yacoub Institute. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
License URL
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28979908
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
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Article Number
39
Date Publish Online
2016-12-30