TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of the impella™ microaxial blood pump for ablation of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia
AU - Abuissa, Hussam
AU - Roshan, John
AU - Lim, Bernard
AU - Asirvatham, Ssamuel J.
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - Impella™ for VT Ablation. Ablation for ventricular tachycardia remains a challenge with suboptimal procedural success rates. One of the major causes of difficulty is precipitous hypotension when ventricular tachycardia is induced precluding even rapid mapping of the arrhythmia. We report the successful use of the Impella™ microcirculatory axial blood flow pump in 3 patients with hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia that allowed successful completion of the procedure. In these 3 patients, there was no evidence of Impella™-related valvular disturbance, iatrogenic ventricular arrhythmias, or interference with mapping and ablation catheter movement. (J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 21, pp. 458-4, April 2010)
AB - Impella™ for VT Ablation. Ablation for ventricular tachycardia remains a challenge with suboptimal procedural success rates. One of the major causes of difficulty is precipitous hypotension when ventricular tachycardia is induced precluding even rapid mapping of the arrhythmia. We report the successful use of the Impella™ microcirculatory axial blood flow pump in 3 patients with hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia that allowed successful completion of the procedure. In these 3 patients, there was no evidence of Impella™-related valvular disturbance, iatrogenic ventricular arrhythmias, or interference with mapping and ablation catheter movement. (J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 21, pp. 458-4, April 2010)
KW - Catheter ablation
KW - Heart failure
KW - Intracardiac ultrasound
KW - Ventricular tachycardia
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01673.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01673.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 20039989
AN - SCOPUS:77950280781
SN - 1045-3873
VL - 21
SP - 458
EP - 461
JO - Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
JF - Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
IS - 4
ER -