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This case describes a patient with a left ventricular apical aneurysm with no coronary disease&#44; and late gadolinium enhancement on the aneurysm wall suggesting a fibrotic wall&#46; Fibrotic apical congenital aneurysms have been described previously&#44; being the most probable diagnosis in this case&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> Radiofrequency ablation was the treatment selected for this patient&#39;s VT&#46; Successful use of this technique was reported by Haegeli et al&#46; in two of three patients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0095"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> ICD implantation is recommended in patients with VT and structural cardiac abnormalities&#44; and so&#44; despite the good acute result of radiofrequency ablation in this case&#44; a subcutaneous ICD was implanted&#46; This choice was made considering that this was a young patient who had undergone VT ablation and that recurrence of ventricular arrhythmias was likely&#46; However&#44; the question arises whether the advantages of a subcutaneous device in a young patient&#44; particularly the lower risk of long-term complications related to intravascular lead complications&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> outweigh the benefits of antitachycardia pacing with a conventional ICD&#46; Our patient was symptom-free for eight months after the ablation and then needed two appropriate ICD shocks due to VT&#46;</p><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">As surgical resection of ventricular aneurysms has been described&#44; with good results&#44; as an alternative treatment for patients with recurrent symptoms&#44; we are considering this option for this patient&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a></p><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors consider this case relevant due to the rarity of the condition and because there are few cases described in the literature of patients treated with electrophysiological study and ICD implantation&#46; To our knowledge this is the first case in which a subcutaneous ICD was implanted&#46; There is a lack of evidence concerning the management of congenital LVA and more data are needed in this field&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">Ethical disclosures</span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Protection of human and animal subjects</span><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that no experiments were performed on humans or animals for this study&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0050">Confidentiality of data</span><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that they have followed the protocols of their work center on the publication of patient data&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0055">Right to privacy and informed consent</span><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have obtained the written informed consent of the patients or subjects mentioned in the article&#46; 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Case report
Congenital left ventricular apical aneurysm presenting as ventricular tachycardia
Aneurisma apical do ventrículo esquerdo congénito manifestado por taquicardia ventricular
José Amado
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, Nuno Marques, Rui Candeias, Paula Gago, Ilídio de Jesus
Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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was performed &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Figure 1</a>&#41;&#44; which revealed monomorphic ventricular tachycardia with right bundle branch block morphology and superior axis&#44; with a ventricular rate of 256 bpm&#46; As the patient was stable&#44; amiodarone infusion was started&#44; achieving sinus rhythm&#46; His ECG in sinus rhythm showed no changes &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Figure 2</a>&#41;&#46; The echocardiogram &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0015">Figure 3</a>A&#41; revealed no structural abnormalities and the physical examination and laboratory tests showed no remarkable findings&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0015"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In order to exclude structural cardiac abnormalities it was decided to perform cardiac magnetic resonance imaging &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0015">Figure 3</a>B and C&#41; that exhibited a left ventricular apical aneurysm&#58; &#8220;a saccular apical formation with a thin wall on late gadolinium enhancement&#44; without any scarring of the surrounding myocardium&#8221;&#46; He underwent computed tomography coronary angiography that excluded coronary disease and described the same left ventricular apical formation &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0015">Figure 3</a>D&#41;&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">After the diagnosis it was decided to perform an electrophysiological study to determine the origin of the VT and to perform catheter ablation&#46; It was possible to induce VT similar to the clinical VT during the electrophysiological study&#44; and electroanatomical mapping was performed &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0020">Figure 4</a>&#41;&#46; The reentry circuit and exit point of the tachycardia were inside the aneurysm&#46; Radiofrequency applications were performed with an open-irrigated ablation catheter&#44; targeting diastolic potentials during VT&#44; the tachycardia being terminated during applications&#46; Additional radiofrequency applications were performed in sinus rhythm targeting the exit point of the clinical VT with pace mapping&#46; Radiofrequency applications were limited to 30 W&#44; with a total time of 7 min&#46; At the end of the procedure VT was no longer inducible&#46; Despite this success&#44; it was decided to place a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator &#40;ICD&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0020"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Eight months after the ablation procedure the patient presented to the emergency department complaining of ICD shocks&#44; due to ventricular tachycardia&#46; He was put on amiodarone 100 mg and bisoprolol 5 mg once daily&#46; The amiodarone dosage was increased and the possibility of performing an aneurysm resection or a reablation procedure was discussed with the patient&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">Discussion</span><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Diagnosis and treatment of VT are often a challenge&#46; This case describes a patient with a left ventricular apical aneurysm with no coronary disease&#44; and late gadolinium enhancement on the aneurysm wall suggesting a fibrotic wall&#46; Fibrotic apical congenital aneurysms have been described previously&#44; being the most probable diagnosis in this case&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> Radiofrequency ablation was the treatment selected for this patient&#39;s VT&#46; Successful use of this technique was reported by Haegeli et al&#46; in two of three patients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0095"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> ICD implantation is recommended in patients with VT and structural cardiac abnormalities&#44; and so&#44; despite the good acute result of radiofrequency ablation in this case&#44; a subcutaneous ICD was implanted&#46; This choice was made considering that this was a young patient who had undergone VT ablation and that recurrence of ventricular arrhythmias was likely&#46; However&#44; the question arises whether the advantages of a subcutaneous device in a young patient&#44; particularly the lower risk of long-term complications related to intravascular lead complications&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> outweigh the benefits of antitachycardia pacing with a conventional ICD&#46; Our patient was symptom-free for eight months after the ablation and then needed two appropriate ICD shocks due to VT&#46;</p><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">As surgical resection of ventricular aneurysms has been described&#44; with good results&#44; as an alternative treatment for patients with recurrent symptoms&#44; we are considering this option for this patient&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a></p><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors consider this case relevant due to the rarity of the condition and because there are few cases described in the literature of patients treated with electrophysiological study and ICD implantation&#46; To our knowledge this is the first case in which a subcutaneous ICD was implanted&#46; There is a lack of evidence concerning the management of congenital LVA and more data are needed in this field&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">Ethical disclosures</span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Protection of human and animal subjects</span><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that no experiments were performed on humans or animals for this study&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0050">Confidentiality of data</span><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that they have followed the protocols of their work center on the publication of patient data&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0055">Right to privacy and informed consent</span><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have obtained the written informed consent of the patients or subjects mentioned in the article&#46; 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DOI:10.1016/j.repce.2016.02.004
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