Vol 19, No 3 (2012)
Case Reports
Published online: 2012-05-28
Sustained monomorphic left ventricular outflow tract tachycardia early after aortic valve replacement
Cardiol J 2012;19(3):320-322.
Abstract
Sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) after valve surgery is uncommon. Cases
of focal VT or bundle-branch re-entry after aortic valve surgery have been reported. We present
the case of a 60 year-old patient with an incessant outflow tract VT early after aortic valve
replacement. We suggest the disease process affecting the valve and adjacent area, and/or the
surgical procedure, might somehow relate to VT substrate adjacent to the aortic annulus.
Keywords: ventricular tachycardiaaortic valve replacementleft ventricular outflow tractscar-related-re-entry
