Supravalvular arrhythmia identifying and ablating the substrate

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 316-326

  Tabatabaei, Niloufar ^a   Asirvatham, Samuel J ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Outflow tract; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary valve; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; ULTRASOUND;

AORTIC VALVE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 70349604325     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.847962     Document Type: Review

References (34)

1. Zipes DP, Camm AJ, Borggrefe M, Buxton AE, Chaitman B, Fromer M, Gregoratos G, Klein G, Moss AJ, Myerburg RJ, Priori SG, Quinones MA, Roden DM, Silka MJ, Tracy C, Smith SC Jr, Jacobs AK, Adams CD, Antman EM, Anderson JL, Hunt SA, Halperin JL, Nishimura R, Ornato JP, Page RL, Riegel B, Priori SG, Blanc JJ, Budaj A, Camm AJ, Dean V, Deckers JW, Despres C, Dickstein K, Lekakis J, McGregor K, Metra M, Morais J, Osterspey A, Tamargo JL, Zamorano JL. ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006; 48:e247- e346.
2. Kanagaratnam L, Tomassoni G, Schweikert R, Pavia S, Bash D, Beheiry S, Neibauer M, Saliba W, Chung M, Tchou P, Natale A. Ventricular tachycardias arising from the aortic sinus of Valsalva: an underrecognized variant of left outflow tract ventricular tachycardia. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001; 37:1408 -1414.
3. Suleiman M, Asirvatham SJ. Ablation above the semilunar valves: when, why, and how? Part II. Heart Rhythm. 2008; 5:1625-1630.
4. Tada H, Ito S, Naito S, Kurosaki K, Kubota S, Sugiyasu A, Tsuchiya T, Miyaji K, Yamada M, Kutsumi Y, Oshima S, Nogami A, Taniguchi K. Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmia arising from the mitral annulus: a distinct subgroup of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005; 45:877- 886.
5. Timmermans C, Rodriguez LM, Crijns HJ, Moorman AF, Wellens HJ. Idiopathic left bundle-branch block-shaped ventricular tachycardia may originate above the pulmonary valve. Circulation. 2003; 108:1960 -1967.
6. Anderson RH. Clinical anatomy of the aortic root. Heart. 2000; 84: 670-673.
7. Hasdemir C, Aktas S, Govsa F, Aktas EO, Kocak A, Bozkaya YT, Demirbas MI, Ulucan C, Ozdogan O, Kayikcioglu M, Can LH, Payzin S. Demonstration of ventricular myocardial extensions into the pulmonary artery and aorta beyond the ventriculo-arterial junction. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2007; 30:534 -539.
8. Gami AS, Wright RS, Ballman KV, Kopecky SL, Hayes SN. Hormone replacement therapy and risk of acute myocardial infarction in postmenopausal women with diabetes mellitus. Am J Cardiol. 2003; 91:1275-1277.
9. Talreja D, Gami A, Edwards W, Friedman P, Packer D, Asirvatham S. The presence of ventricular muscular extensions into the pulmonary artery and aorta beyond the semilunar valves. PACE Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2001; 24:734. Abstract.
10. Balasundaram R, Rao H, Asirvatham SJ, Narasimhan C. Successful targeted ablation of the pathway potential in the noncoronary cusp of the aortic valve in an infant with incessant orthodromic atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2009; 20:216 -220.
11. Lin D, Ilkhanoff L, Gerstenfeld E, Dixit S, Beldner S, Bala R, Garcia F, Callans D, Marchlinski FE. Twelve-lead electrocardiographic characteristics of the aortic cusp region guided by intracardiac echocardiography and electroanatomic mapping. Heart Rhythm. 2008; 5:663- 669.
12. Ouyang F, Ma J, Ho SY, Bansch D, Schmidt B, Ernst S, Kuck KH, Liu S, Huang H, Chen M, Chun J, Xia Y, Satomi K, Chu H, Zhang S, Antz M. Focal atrial tachycardia originating from the non-coronary aortic sinus: electrophysiological characteristics and catheter ablation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006; 48:122-131.
13. Asirvatham S. Pulmonary vein-related manuevers: Part I. Heart Rhythm. 2007; 4:538 -544.
14. Chen SA, Hsieh MH, Tai CT, Tsai CF, Prakash VS, Yu WC, Hsu TL, Ding YA, Chang MS. Initiation of atrial fibrillation by ectopic beats originating from the pulmonary veins: electrophysiological characteristics, pharmacological responses, and effects of radiofrequency ablation. Circulation. 1999; 100:1879 -1886.
15. Srivathsan K, Bunch T, Asirvatham SE, WD, Friedman P, Munger T, Hammill S, Cha Y, Brady P, Jahangir A, Bradley D, Rea R, Packer D, Shen W. Mechanisms and utility of discrete great arterial potentials in the ablation of outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias. Circ Arrhythmia Electrophysiol. 2008; 1:30 -38.
16. Hachiya H, Aonuma K, Yamauchi Y, Igawa M, Nogami A, Iesaka Y. How to diagnose, locate, and ablate coronary cusp ventricular tachycardia. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2002; 13:551-556.
17. Ouyang F, Fotuhi P, Ho SY, Hebe J, Volkmer M, Goya M, Burns M, Antz M, Ernst S, Cappato R, Kuck KH. Repetitive monomorphic ventricular tachycardia originating from the aortic sinus cusp: electrocardiographic characterization for guiding catheter ablation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002; 39:500 -508.
18. Gonzalez y Gonzalez MB, Will JC, Tuzcu V, Schranz D, Blaufox AD, Saul JP, Paul T. Idiopathic monomorphic ventricular tachycardia originating from the left aortic sinus cusp in children: endocardial mapping and radiofrequency catheter ablation. Z Kardiol. 2003; 92:155-163.
19. Yamada T, Yoshida N, Murakami Y, Okada T, Muto M, Murohara T, McElderry HT, Kay GN. Electrocardiographic characteristics of ventricular arrhythmias originating from the junction of the left and right coronary sinuses of Valsalva in the aorta: the activation pattern as a rationale for the electrocardiographic characteristics. Heart Rhythm. 2008; 5:184 -192.
20. Sekiguchi Y, Aonuma K, Takahashi A, Yamauchi Y, Hachiya H, Yokoyama Y, Iesaka Y, Isobe M. Electrocardiographic and electrophysiologic characteristics of ventricular tachycardia originating within the pulmonary artery. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005; 45:887- 895. (Pubitemid 40342815)
21. Tada H, Naito S, Ito S, Kurosaki K, Ueda M, Shinbo G, Hoshizaki H, Oshima S, Taniguchi K, Nogami A. Significance of two potentials for predicting successful catheter ablation from the left sinus of Valsalva for left ventricular epicardial tachycardia. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2004; 27:1053-1059.
22. Yamada T, Murakami Y, Yoshida N, Okada T, Shimizu T, Toyama J, Yoshida Y, Tsuboi N, Muto M, Inden Y, Hirai M, Murohara T, McElderry HT, Epstein AE, Plumb VJ, Kay GN. Preferential conduction across the ventricular outflow septum in ventricular arrhythmias originating from the aortic sinus cusp. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007; 50:884-891.
23. Pasquie JL, Bortone A, Del Mazo PC, Leclercq F. Image-guided ablation of a ventricular tachycardia originating from the left aortic cusp. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2006; 17:1032-1033.
24. Jongbloed MR, Mahtab EA, Blom NA, Schalij MJ, Gittenberger-de Groot AC. Development of the cardiac conduction system and the possible relation to predilection sites of arrhythmogenesis. ScientificWorldJournal. 2008; 8: 239-269.
25. d'Avila A, Thiagalingam A, Holmvang G, Houghtaling C, Ruskin JN, Reddy VY. What is the most appropriate energy source for aortic cusp ablation? A comparison of standard RF, cooled-tip RF and cryothermal ablation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2006; 16:31-38.
26. Rillig A, Meyerfeldt U, Birkemeyer R, Treusch F, Kunze M, Brasch M, Jung W. Catheter ablation within the sinus of Valsalva: a safe and effective approach for treatment of atrial and ventricular tachycardias. Heart Rhythm. 2008; 5:1265-1272.
27. Das S, Neuzil P, Albert CM, D'Avila A, Mansour M, Mela T, Ellinor PT, Singh J, Patton K, Ruskin JN, Reddy VY. Catheter ablation of peri-AV nodal atrial tachycardia from the noncoronary cusp of the aortic valve. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008; 19:231-237.
28. Gami AS, Venkatachalam KL, Friedman PA, Asirvatham SJ. Successful ablation of atrial tachycardia in the right coronary cusp of the aortic valve in a patient with atrial fibrillation: what is the substrate? J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008; 19:982-986.
29. Yamada T, Huizar JF, McElderry HT, Kay GN. Atrial tachycardia originating from the noncoronary aortic cusp and musculature connection with the atria: relevance for catheter ablation. Heart Rhythm. 2006; 3: 1494-1496.
30. Marrouche NF, SippensGroenewegen A, Yang Y, Dibs S, Scheinman MM. Clinical and electrophysiologic characteristics of left septal atrial tachycardia. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002; 40:1133-1139.
31. Chen CC, Tai CT, Chiang CE, Yu WC, Lee SH, Chen YJ, Hsieh MH, Tsai CF, Lee KW, Ding YA, Chang MS, Chen SA. Atrial tachycardias originating from the atrial septum: electrophysiologic characteristics and radiofrequency ablation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2000; 11:744 -749.
32. Tada H, Naito S, Nogami A, Taniguchi K. Successful catheter ablation of an anteroseptal accessory pathway from the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2003; 14:544 -546.
33. Jazayeri MR, Dhala A, Deshpande S, Blanck Z, Sra J, Akhtar M. Posteroseptal accessory pathways: an overview of anatomical characteristics, electrocardiographic patterns, electrophysiological features, and ablative therapy. J Intervent Cardiol. 1995; 8:89 -101.
34. Suleiman M, Powell BD, Munger TM, Asirvatham SJ. Successful cryoablation in the noncoronary aortic cusp for a left anteroseptal accessory pathway. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2008; 23:205-211.