Left ventricular catheter ablation of the AV conduction system with radiofrequency electric current
Hoffmann, E.; Gerth, A.; Remp, T.; Müller, D.; Steinbeck, G.
Zeitschrift für Kardiologie 81(7): 389-393
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5860 PMID: 1509797 Document Number: 392204
We report on a 32-year-old female patient with a history of recurrent atrial fibrillation and rapid ventricular response (up to 240 beats/min) resistant to multiple drug therapy. In this patient, we successfully performed a radiofrequency catheter ablation of the atrioventricular (AV) junction from the left ventricle, after radiofrequency energy application in His-position above the tricuspid valve was unsuccessful. This technique offers an-alternative treatment in patients in whom the conventional right-sided catheter ablation of the AV junction proves ineffective.