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QRS alternans during idiopathic ventricular tachycardia originating from the right coronary cusp of the aorta.

Authors :
Yamada T
McElderry HT
Doppalapudi H
Kay GN
Source :
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology [Europace] 2010 Jan; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 133-5.
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

A 77-year-old man underwent electrophysiological testing for idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (VT) with QRS alternans exhibiting a left bundle branch block and left inferior axis QRS morphology. Successful radiofrequency catheter ablation was achieved at the site of the earliest ventricular activation in the right coronary cusp. Pacing at this site reproduced an excellent pace map with QRS alternans. Pacing from other sites in the ventricular outflow tracts reproduced neither an excellent pace map nor QRS alternans. This case demonstrates that VT with a single origin and multiple exits in the aortic root may exhibit QRS alternans.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1532-2092
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
19864310
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eup326