[Fulguration of extrasystolic ventricular focus].

Abstract

A case is presented of symptomatic premature ventricular contractions refractory to drug therapy with right bundle branch block QRS morphology and left axis deviation in a 68-year-old female without structural heart disease. Endocardial mapping localized the extrasystolic focus at meso-inferoapical region of the left ventricular septum suggesting an origin from the Purkinje network of the left posterior fascicle. Catheter ablation with direct-current energy abolished extrasystolic complexes, without complications. The patient remained asymptomatic over a follow-up of 3 months.

• Authors: E Velázquez Rodríguez, F Rosas, R Frank, G Fontaine, J Tonet, G Lascault, Y Gallais
• Journal: Archivos del Instituto de Cardiologia de Mexico (Arch Inst Cardiol Mex) 1995 Mar-Apr Vol. 65 Issue 2 Pg. 153-8 ISSN: 0020-3785 [Print] Mexico
• Vernacular Title: Fulguración de un foco extrasistólico ventricular.
• PMID: 7543744 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Cardiac Complexes, Premature (diagnosis, surgery)
• Catheter Ablation
• Electrocardiography
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Time Factors