Catheter Ablation of Arrhythmias Originating From the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract. 2019

Jim W Cheung, and Robert H Anderson, and Steven M Markowitz, and Bruce B Lerman
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York. Electronic address: jac9029@med.cornell.edu.

The left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) is a frequent source of arrhythmias in patients with and without structural heart disease. An understanding of the anatomic relationship between the aortic valvar leaflets and their supporting sinuses, coronary vessels, pulmonary arterial root, right ventricular outflow tract, and LVOT is essential for successful treatment of arrhythmias arising from this region. The juxtaposition of aortic valvar leaflet insertion into the aortic root and the crescents of myocardial tissue incorporated within the aortic sinuses of Valsalva has implications for mapping and ablation above and below the aortic valve leaflets. The presence of epicardial fat, coronary arteries, and prominent myocardium in the anteroseptal aspect of the LVOT can present unique challenges for targeting LV summit and intramural ventricular arrhythmias. Advances in ablation techniques that achieve deeper transmural lesions, combined with the knowledge of the complex LVOT anatomy and its adjoining structures, have increased success rates in targeting challenging LVOT arrhythmias.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006352 Heart Ventricles The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous BLOOD into the LUNGS and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation. Cardiac Ventricle,Cardiac Ventricles,Heart Ventricle,Left Ventricle,Right Ventricle,Left Ventricles,Right Ventricles,Ventricle, Cardiac,Ventricle, Heart,Ventricle, Left,Ventricle, Right,Ventricles, Cardiac,Ventricles, Heart,Ventricles, Left,Ventricles, Right
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001011 Aorta The main trunk of the systemic arteries. Aortas
D001145 Arrhythmias, Cardiac Any disturbances of the normal rhythmic beating of the heart or MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION. Cardiac arrhythmias can be classified by the abnormalities in HEART RATE, disorders of electrical impulse generation, or impulse conduction. Arrhythmia,Arrythmia,Cardiac Arrhythmia,Cardiac Arrhythmias,Cardiac Dysrhythmia,Arrhythmia, Cardiac,Dysrhythmia, Cardiac
D017115 Catheter Ablation Removal of tissue with electrical current delivered via electrodes positioned at the distal end of a catheter. Energy sources are commonly direct current (DC-shock) or alternating current at radiofrequencies (usually 750 kHz). The technique is used most often to ablate the AV junction and/or accessory pathways in order to interrupt AV conduction and produce AV block in the treatment of various tachyarrhythmias. Ablation, Transvenous Electric,Catheter Ablation, Electric,Catheter Ablation, Percutaneous,Catheter Ablation, Radiofrequency,Catheter Ablation, Transvenous,Ablation, Catheter,Ablation, Transvenous Electrical,Catheter Ablation, Electrical,Electric Catheter Ablation,Electrical Catheter Ablation,Percutaneous Catheter Ablation,Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation,Transvenous Catheter Ablation,Ablation, Electric Catheter,Ablation, Electrical Catheter,Ablation, Percutaneous Catheter,Ablation, Radiofrequency Catheter,Ablation, Transvenous Catheter,Electric Ablation, Transvenous,Electrical Ablation, Transvenous,Transvenous Electric Ablation,Transvenous Electrical Ablation

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