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01-12-2024 | Ventricular Tachycardia | Case Report
Trans-apical catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in a patient with metallic aortic and mitral valves
Authors:
Ali Bozorgi, Saeed Sadeghian, Entezar Mehrabi Nasab
Published in:
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Issue 1/2024
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Abstract
We present a patient with a history of heart failure and metallic aortic and mitral valves surgeries, who required ablation for a drug-refractory left ventricular tachycardia. But the metallic valves prohibited the insertion of catheters via retrograde or via trans-septal approaches. Therefore, we decided to perform catheter ablation by direct left ventricle puncture through a minithoracotomy. The arrhythmia was successfully ablated via of trans-apical approach and did not recur at six months follow-up.