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Review
. 2014 Jun 30;7(1):1038.
doi: 10.4022/jafib.1038. eCollection 2014 Jun-Jul.

Treatment Or Cure Of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardia

Abdel J Fuenmayor  1
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Review

Treatment Or Cure Of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardia

Abdel J Fuenmayor. J Atr Fibrillation. .

Abstract

Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) ventricular tachycardias (VT) occur in the absence of structural heart disease and are called idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias. These arrhythmias are thought to be produced by adenosine-sensitive, cyclic AMP mediated, triggered activity and are commonly observed in adolescents and young adults. In the ECG, they appear with a wide QRS complex, a left bundle branch block morphology and, usually, an inferior QRS axis. In the last few years, there has been an increasing number of reports suggesting the possibility of a curative treatment of RVOT VT by means of catheter ablation. This paper reviews the rate of cure of such arrhythmias by discussing the effects of catheter ablation on symptoms, arrhythmia detection, possibility of induction, and short- and long-term follow-up studies.

Keywords: Ablation; Cure; Right Ventricular Outflow Tract; Tachycardia.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Scale of symptoms suffered by patients with RVOT VT and previously reported percentages.
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