Successful Catheter Ablation of the “R on T” Ventricular Fibrillation

Zofia Lasocka, Alicja Dąbrowska-Kugacka, Ewa Lewicka, Aleksandra Liżewska-Springer and Tomasz Królak
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Zofia Lasocka: Department of Cardiology and Electrotherapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
Alicja Dąbrowska-Kugacka: Department of Cardiology and Electrotherapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
Ewa Lewicka: Department of Cardiology and Electrotherapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
Aleksandra Liżewska-Springer: Department of Cardiology and Electrotherapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
Tomasz Królak: Department of Cardiology and Electrotherapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 18, 1-6

Abstract: In patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (VF), recurrent implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shocks might increase mortality risk and reduce patients’ quality of life. Catheter ablation of triggering ectopic beats is considered to be an effective method. We present a patient with recurrent VF, caused by the “R on T” premature ventricular complexes. In the presented case radiofrequency catheter ablation efficiently eliminated arrhythmia trigger, which was possible to detect thanks to the intracardiac electrocardiograms (ECG’s) stored in the ICD.

Keywords: ventricular fibrillation; R on T phenomenon; catheter ablation; mapping (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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