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MDPI, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(18), p. 9587, 2021

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18189587

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Successful Catheter Ablation of the “R on T” Ventricular Fibrillation

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Abstract

In patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (VF), recurrent implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shocks might increase mortality risk and reduce patients’ quality of life. Catheter ablation of triggering ectopic beats is considered to be an effective method. We present a patient with recurrent VF, caused by the “R on T” premature ventricular complexes. In the presented case radiofrequency catheter ablation efficiently eliminated arrhythmia trigger, which was possible to detect thanks to the intracardiac electrocardiograms (ECG’s) stored in the ICD.