OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the treatment of @entity1165 ( @entity1165 ) after repair of tetralogy of Fallot or double outlet of the right ventricle. BACKGROUND: The ideal antiarrhythmic therapy for @entity1165 in @entity1 after repair of @entity299 , especially without @entity1002 , has not yet been established. METHODS: Seven consecutive @entity1 (2 @entity1 and 5 @entity1 ) with stable monomorphic sustained @entity1165 were investigated. The mean age was 25 +/- 7 years (range, 16-35 years). Four @entity1 had undergone surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot, and 3 had surgical correction of double outlet of the right ventricle at the mean age of 18 +/- 7 years (range, 9-27 years) before documentation of the @entity943 . RESULTS: The mean ejection fraction of the left ventricle was 60% +/- 8% (range, 50-72). Fourteen sustained monomorphic VTs were induced in 7 @entity1 using programmed electrical stimulation. The mean cycle length of @entity591 was 346 +/- 77 milliseconds (range, 260-480 seconds). The site of the surgical correction of the right ventricle was associated with the origin of @entity1165 in all @entity1 . Radiofrequency catheter ablation was attempted in 8 VTs in 7 @entity1 : 7 clinical and 1 nonclinical VTs. In 6 @entity1 , class III antarrhythmic agents were added because @entity1165 remained inducible after ablation. During a follow-up of 61 +/- 29 months (range, 15-110 months), there were no recurrences of @entity1165 . CONCLUSION: In @entity1 with drug-refractory @entity1165 originating from the right ventricle late after @entity299 , and when their left ventricular function do not deteriorate, combined therapy for radiofrequency catheter ablation with class III antiarrhythmic agents might effective and should be considered as a therapeutic option.

XXXX late after repair of @entity299 : efficacy of combination therapy with radiofrequency catheter ablation and class III antiarrhythmic agents and long-term outcome.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity1165 :: ('MESH:D017180', 'Disease') :: ['VT', 'ventricular tachycardia'] @entity591 :: ('MESH:D013610', 'Disease') :: ['tachycardia'] @entity299 :: ('MESH:D006331', 'Disease') :: ['congenital heart disease'] @entity943 :: ('MESH:D001145', 'Disease') :: ['arrhythmia'] @entity1002 :: ('MESH:D018487', 'Disease') :: ['left ventricular dysfunction']
@entity1165 :: (MESH:D017180,Disease) :: ['Ventricular tachycardia']
