Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia of the aortic cusps: Review of the topic apropos of a case

Marleny Cruz Cardentey; Jesús A Castro Hevia; Liliete Caraballoso García; Frank Martínez López

2018, Number 1

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CorSalud 2018; 10 (1)

Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia of the aortic cusps: Review of the topic apropos of a case

Cruz CM, Castro HJA, Caraballoso GL, Martínez LF

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ABSTRACT

Ventricular tachycardia of the aortic cusps is an idiopathic and infrequent tachycardia. Its arrhythmogenic mechanism is the activity triggered by late post-depolarizations. It predominates in young people and its course is generally benign. The radiofrequency ablation is an effective and safe procedure, reserved for patients with failure to antiarrhythmic drugs. We present a 24-year-old male patient, without structural heart disease and very frequent episodes of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia. A successful radiofrequency ablation of the arrhythmic focus located on the right coronary cusp was performed.