Surgical ventricular reconstruction and subendocardial resection for the treatment of refractory ventricular tachycardia |
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| Authors: | NA Ismail J Bence TJ Spyt |
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| Affiliation: | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, UK |
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| Abstract: | We describe a case of 64-year-old female patient with ventricular tachycardia intractable to medical treatment and acute heart failure following myocardial infarction. Emergency surgical ventricular reconstruction and subendocardial resection was undertaken. We discuss the option of surgical intervention in this difficult and unusual clinical scenario. |
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| Keywords: | Ventricular tachycardia Heart aneurysm Myocardial infarction Reconstructive surgical procedures |
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