Empirical Ablation to Prevent Sequential Purkinje System Recruitment: A Novel Therapy for Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation.
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- Report
- Authors
- Rattanawong P; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.; Ladia V; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.; Minaskeian N; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.; Sorajja D; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.; Shen WK; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.; Srivathsan KS; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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- Publisher: Elsevier Inc Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 101757292 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2666-0849 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 26660849 NLM ISO Abbreviation: JACC Case Rep Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE
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- Language
- English
We report 3 cases (mean age 48.3 ± 11.6 years) of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF), in which a triggering premature ventricular complex leading to IVF could not be identified. All patients underwent posterior fascicle transection with empirical linear ablation of the mid-Purkinje potentials identified along the left ventricular interventricular inferior septum, and no ventricular fibrillation recurrence was documented in any of the patients. ( Level of Difficulty: Advanced. ).
Competing Interests: The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
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