Electrical Storm in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Treated Using Epicardial Radiofrequency Ablation As a First Line Therapy

Overview

Journal Indian Heart J

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2016 Oct 19

PMID 27751294

Authors

Massimiliano Faustino

Tullio Agricola

Borejda Xyheri

Enrico Di Girolamo

Luigi Leonzio

Carmine Pizzi

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Abstract

We report a patient with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and low left ventricular systolic function (28%) presenting with an electrical storm originated in epicardial scar and ablated by radiofrequency. This case report suggests that a strategy of epicardial catheter ablation is reasonable for the patient presenting with electrical storm related to structural disease with a low left ventricular ejection fraction.

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