Abstract
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) arising from the coronary sinus cusps and mimicking right-ventricular morphology is a rare entity. In this report, we report the successful cryoablation of left-coronary sinus cusp VT.
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Uppu, S.C., Tuzcu, V. Cryoablation of Ventricular Tachycardia Arising From the Left-Coronary Sinus Cusp. Pediatr Cardiol 34, 725–728 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-012-0331-7
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