Venous anatomy of the left ventricular summit: Therapeutic implications for ethanol infusion.
Heart Rhythm
; 18(9): 1557-1565, 2021 09.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Venous ethanol ablation (VEA) is effective for treatment of left ventricular (LV) summit (LVS) arrhythmias. The LVS venous anatomy is poorly understood and has inconsistent nomenclature.OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study was to delineate the LVS venous anatomy by selective venography and 3-dimensional (3D) mapping during VEA and by venous-phase coronary computed tomographic angiography (vCTA).METHODS:
We analyzed (1) LVS venograms and 3D maps of 53 patients undergoing VEA; and (2) 3D reconstructions of 52 vCTAs, tracing LVS veins.RESULTS:
Angiography identified the following LVS veins (1) LV annular branch of the great cardiac vein (GCV) (19/53); (2) septal (rightward) branches of the anterior ventricular vein (AIV) (53/53); and (3) diagonal branches of the AIV (51/53). Collateral connections between LVS veins and outflow, conus, and retroaortic veins were common. VEA was delivered to target arrhythmias in 38 of 53 septal, 6 of 53 annular, and 2 of 53 diagonal veins. vCTA identified LVS veins (range 1-5) in a similar distribution. GCV-AIV transition could either form an angle close to the left main artery bifurcation (n = 16; 88° ± 13°) or cut diagonally (n = 36; 133°±12°) (P ≤.001). Twenty-one patients had LV annular vein. In 28 patients only septal LVS veins were visualized in vCTA, in 2 patients only diagonal veins and in 22 patients both septal and diagonal veins were seen. In 39 patients the LVS veins reached the outflow tracts and their vicinity.CONCLUSION:
We provide a systematic atlas and nomenclature of LVS veins related to arrhythmogenic substrates. vCTA can be useful for noninvasive evaluation of LVS veins before ethanol ablation.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Flebografía
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Taquicardia Ventricular
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Anomalías de los Vasos Coronarios
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Vasos Coronarios
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Etanol
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Electrocardiografía
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Técnicas de Ablación
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Heart Rhythm
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article