Ablação por cateter de foco de taquicardia atrial ectópica incessante utilizando radiofrequência: reversäo de taquicardiomiopatia / Catheter ablation of ectopic incessant atrial tachycardia using radiofrequency: reversion of tachycardiomyopathy

A 8-year-old female patient with refractory incessant atrial tachycardia, very symptomatic and with left ventricular ejection fraction of 0.25. Electrophysiological study and endocardial mapping localized the site of the origin of atrial tachycardia in the superior right atrium. In this site 2 applications of radiofrequency current (25V, 20 and 50 seconds) resulted in termination of the atrial tachycardia. She was discharged off antiarrhythmic drugs and after 2 months ejection fraction was 0.52. She was completely asymptomatic 6 months after ablation procedure

Paciente de 8 anos com história de taquicardia atrial ectópica incessante e refratária a drogas antiarrítmicas, muito sintomática e tendo grande comprometimento da função ventricular, com fração de ejeção de 0,25. A paciente foi submetida a estudo eletrofisiológico e ao mapeamento endocárdico que localizou o foco da taquicardia na regino superior do átrio direito, observando-se precocidade de 40ms do eletrograma nesse local em relação à onda P do eletrocardiograma de superfície. Nesta região foram feitas 2 aplicações de radiofreqüência de 25V com 20 e 50s de duração, com desaparecimento da taquicardia. A paciente evoluiu sem arritmia e após 2 meses a fração de ejeção era de 0,52. Atualmente, encontra-se assintomática após 6 meses de acompanhamento ambulatorial

Mapeamento radioisotópico do foco arritmogênico em portadores de cardiopatia chagásica crônica e taquicardia ventricular sustentada / Radionuclide Angiography for Localization of the Site of Origin of Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Chronic Chagasic Cardiomyopathy

PURPOSE--To localize the site of the origin of sustained ventricular tachycardia in chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy patients refractory to antiarrhythmic therapy by radionuclide angiography techniques. METHODS--Five patients underwent radionuclide angiography by intravenous administration of 25mCi 99mTc. The images were obtained in sinus rhythm and during sustained ventricular tachycardia induced in the electrophysiologic laboratory for endocardial mapping. Amplitude and phase images were obtained resulting in a contraction wave synchronic to ventricular dispolarization. RESULTS--All patients had haemodynamic stability during the arrhythmia. One patient had incessant ventricular tachycardia. Mean ejection fraction was 0.38. In 4 patients the site of the origin of ventricular tachycardia was posterior and in one it was localized in the interventricular septum. There was identity in the site of the origin of ventricular tachycardia obtained by endocardial mapping or radionuclide angiography in all patients. The therapy was chemical ablation in 3 patients, surgical aneurysmectomy in one and pharmacologic therapy in the last patient. CONCLUSION--The site of the origin of ventricular tachycardia can be estimated by analyzing the contraction wave obtained by radionuclide angiography techniques in patients with hemodynamic stable sustained ventricular tachycardia.