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Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:692-693
© 1992 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Surgical laser ablation of a pediatric idiopathic ventricular tachycardia

Takashi Nitta, MDb,a, Masatoshi Ikeshita, MDb,a, Tetsuo Asano, MDb,a, Shigeo Tanaka, MDb,a, Tasuku Shoji, MDb,a, Shin-ichi Ohkawa, MDb,a, Masaya Sugiura, MDb,a

a Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Second Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School Tokyo, Japan
b Department of Clinical Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan

Accepted for publication August 22, 1991.

A pediatric patient with medically refractory idiopathic ventricular tachycardia was successfully treated by surgical laser ablation. Application of laser on the normothermic beating heart enables continuous electrophysiological assessment. The histopathology of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia and the advantages of laser ablation are presented.






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