Thoracoscopic mapping and cryoablation of right ventricular tachycardia

S S Furniss; J Forty; E Simeonidou; A Owens; J C Cowan; J P Bourke; R W Campbell

doi:10.1053/eupc.1999.0074

Thoracoscopic mapping and cryoablation of right ventricular tachycardia

Europace. 2000 Jan;2(1):83-6. doi: 10.1053/eupc.1999.0074.

Authors

S S Furniss¹, J Forty, E Simeonidou, A Owens, J C Cowan, J P Bourke, R W Campbell

Affiliation

¹ Department of Academic Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

PMID: 11225600
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.1999.0074

Abstract

A 14-year-old girl with right ventricular dysplasia and recurrent drug refractory ventricular tachycardia underwent thoracoscopic mapping cryoablation. Good access to the right ventricular free wall was obtained. We suggest this technique may have an important role in the management of patients with right ventricular tachycardia.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Catheter Ablation
Cryosurgery / methods*
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Conduction System / physiopathology
Heart Conduction System / surgery*
Heart Rate
Humans
Reoperation
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / surgery
Thoracoscopy*