Ablation of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia in two separate regions of the outflow tract: prevalence and electrocardiographic characteristics

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2007 Jan:30 Suppl 1:S88-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00613.x.

Abstract

Few studies have clarified the prevalence and characteristics of idiopathic outflow tachycardia (OT-VT) with an altered QRS morphology after radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA), requiring additional RFCA applications at a different portion of the outflow tract (OT) to abolish the OT-VT. Among 344 patients (97 VTs and 247 premature ventricular contractions), 12 (3.5%; VTs-7, PVCs-5; 6 women) had dynamic QRS morphology changes following the RFCA, requiring additional RFCA applications at a different portion to abolish the OT-VT. In 8 of 12 patients (67%), this phenomenon occurred following RFCA at right (RVOT; n = 7) or left ventricular (LVOT; n = 1) endocardial sites of the OT: The second OT-VT was consistently associated with an increase in the R-wave amplitude in the inferior leads, and in five it was finally abolished by RFCA at the left sinus of Valsalva (LSV). Conversely, in four patients (33%), the second OT-VT appeared after RFCA at the LSV: two required additional RFCA applications at the LVOT to abolish the second OT-VT, and one at the RVOT, and all were associated with a decrease in the R-wave amplitude in the inferior leads. This kind of dynamic QRS morphology change was often observed when RFCA was applied to either the first or second OT-VT at a right or left ventricular endocardial site, with the other site being the LSV. A detailed continuous observation of the QRS morphology, especially of the R-wave in the inferior leads, is important for identifying changes in the QRS morphology during RFCA.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Electrocardiography / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / surgery*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right