Incessant ventricular tachycardia acutely controlled with off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery and aneurysmal plication

J Tehran Heart Cent. 2010 Fall;5(4):205-8. Epub 2010 Sep 30.

Abstract

There are many treatment modalities available to acutely terminate incessant ventricular tachycardia with variable success rates, but some cases tend to prove refractory to all of them. We report a 59-year-old woman presenting with incessant ventricular tachycardia. Echocardiography revealed a large true apical aneurysm and severe left ventricular dysfunction. The arrhythmia was controlled in the operating room after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery and plication of the apical aneurysm.

Keywords: Coronary artery bypass; Heart aneurysm; Tachycardia; off-pump; ventricular.

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