[Fascicular ventricular tachycardia in a 49-year-old patient]

Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol. 2016 Jun;27(2):156-60. doi: 10.1007/s00399-016-0425-7. Epub 2016 May 18.
[Article in German]

Abstract

We report a 49-year-old patient who presented with tachycardia in our emergency room. The 12-lead ECG showed a wide complex tachycardia with a heart rate of 234 beats per minute. After structural heart disease was excluded via echocardiography, coronary angiography and magnetic resonance imaging, an electrophysiological study was performed. During programmed ventricular stimulation, a fascicular tachycardia was induced, which was successfully treated by radiofrequency ablation. Fascicular ventricular tachycardia is a rare tachycardia that occurs in patients without structural heart disease. Radiofrequency ablation can be performed safely and shows a high success rate. Differential diagnoses of fascicular ventricular tachycardias are substrate-based ventricular tachycardia and supraventricular tachycardia.

Keywords: Ablation; Electrophysiological examination; Fascicular ventricular tachycardia; Radiofrequency ablation; Right bundle branch block.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Body Surface Potential Mapping / methods*
  • Cardiac Imaging Techniques / methods*
  • Catheter Ablation / methods*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome