Abstract
Two infants with incessant tachycardia uncontrolled by multiple drug treatment were thought initially to have supraventricular tachycardia. Careful examination of the 12-lead electrocardiogram suggested ventricular tachycardia, which was confirmed by electrophysiological studies. Intra-operative mapping showed that the arrhythmia arose from the posterior left ventricular free wall in one infant and at the left ventricular apex in the other. Cryoablation of these foci led to cessation of ventricular tachycardia. Myocardial biopsy showed hamartomatous involvement in the first infant and normal tissue in the other. In the first infant the incessant arrhythmia was cured but in the other it recurred 4 months later. The origin of the recurrent tachycardia was adjacent to the previously cryoablated arrhythmogenic area. This area was also cryoablated, leading to disappearance of the ventricular tachycardia. Both patients are free of arrhythmia 10 months and 3 months after their surgery. Surgically ablatable lesions are common in infants with incessant ventricular tachycardia. Early diagnosis and prompt surgical treatment usually can effect 'cure' of this potentially fatal problem in childhood.
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