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Pleomorphic ventricular tachycardia originating from Purkinje fiber network of left anterior fascicle

Hisashi Yokoshiki, MD, PhDaCorresponding Author Informationemail address, Hirofumi Mitsuyama, MDa, Masaya Watanabe, MDa, Masayuki Sakurai, MD, PhDb, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, MD, PhDa

Received 15 October 2009 published online 21 January 2010.
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Abstract 

A 55-year-old woman with recurrent syncope and palpitation experienced polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) and more than 3 monomorphic VTs with a right bundle branch block configuration as inferior, middle, and superior axis. During the pleomorphic VT, the diastolic potential (dp) was recorded at the anterolateral left ventricle. Changes in the QRS morphology were associated with the time between dp and onset of QRS complex (dp-V interval), and prolongation of dp-V interval terminated the VT. In addition, the delayed potentials were seen during sinus rhythm around this area. Delivery of radiofrequency current targeting the delayed potentials abolished all the VTs. Different exits from relatively large area of slow conduction in the left anterior fascicle might have produced the pleomorphic VTs.

a Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

b Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokko Memorial Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.

PII: S0022-0736(09)00626-8

doi:10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.12.007