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  • Title: Simultaneous alterations of QRS configuration and tachycardia cycle length during radiofrequency ablation of idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia.
    Author: Lee H, Chang KC, Lin YC, Chou HT, Hung JS.
    Journal: J Electrocardiol; 2000 Jan; 33(1):79-83. PubMed ID: 10691178.
    Abstract:
    Idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia is characterized by a QRS morphology of right bundle branch block pattern and left axis deviation. Alterations in the QRS configuration and tachycardia cycle length, as well as shifting of the earliest activation site occurred after eliminating the original tachycardia by radiofrequency current in an 18-year-old man with idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia. Activation mapping and entrainment mapping during tachycardia identified 2 putative tachycardia exits, 15 mm apart. Elimination of both tachycardias was accomplished after applying radiofrequency current to each exit separately. We proposed that the first radiofrequency application might have altered the exit site and the zone of slow conduction adjacent to the exit site, such that the ventricular tachycardia had a different QRS morphology and became slower in this patient.
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