LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Localization of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Premature Ventricular Complexes Using a Novel Mapping System.

Photo from wikipedia

Premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) are common in the general population, usuallyasymptomatic, and deemed to be benign in structurally normal hearts. The spectrum of "benign" outflow tract PVCs ranges from single… Click to show full abstract

Premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) are common in the general population, usuallyasymptomatic, and deemed to be benign in structurally normal hearts. The spectrum of "benign" outflow tract PVCs ranges from single PVCs to recurrent non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT). Short-coupled right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) PVCs may trigger polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) in some patients and can be high risk. In many patients, PVCs can be morefrequent and cause symptoms ofpalpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, and heart failure.In the presence of underlying heart disease, they may indicate an increasedrisk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. A high PVC burdenmay lead to ventricular dysfunction and worsen underlying cardiomyopathy.PVCs may also be a marker of underlying pathophysiologic processes such as myocarditisand other acquired and inherited infiltrative cardiomyopathies. In this unique case report, we describe the use of a novel non-contact mapping array for mapping RVOT PVCs.

Keywords: ventricular; outflow tract; ventricular complexes; premature ventricular; ventricular outflow; right ventricular

Journal Title: Journal of atrial fibrillation
Year Published: 2021

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.