Cryoablation of ventricular tachycardia arising from the left-coronary sinus cusp

Santosh C Uppu; Volkan Tuzcu

doi:10.1007/s00246-012-0331-7

Cryoablation of ventricular tachycardia arising from the left-coronary sinus cusp

Pediatr Cardiol. 2013 Mar;34(3):725-8. doi: 10.1007/s00246-012-0331-7. Epub 2012 May 6.

Authors

Santosh C Uppu¹, Volkan Tuzcu

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 1 Children's Way, Mail slot 512-3, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA. uppusantosh@gmail.com

PMID: 22562775
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0331-7

Abstract

Ventricular tachycardia (VT) arising from the coronary sinus cusps and mimicking right-ventricular morphology is a rare entity. In this report, we report the successful cryoablation of left-coronary sinus cusp VT.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Catheter Ablation / methods
Coronary Sinus / abnormalities*
Coronary Sinus / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Sinus / surgery
Cryosurgery / methods*
Electrocardiography / methods
Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac / methods
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted*
Male
Noonan Syndrome / diagnosis
Radiography
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / surgery*
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography
Young Adult