Catheter ablation is useful for reducing drug-refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) episodes and can be lifesaving when VT is an incessant or arrhythmic storm. Left ventricular hemodynamic support may be required in patients with VT and hemodynamic instability. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support is an alternative to achieve ventricular tachycardia mapping and ablation over long periods of time. We present a case of successful catheter ablation of the substrate in a patient with ischemic heart disease and ventricular tachycardia with hemodynamic instability performed using venous-arterial ECMO support. There were no episodes of ventricular tachycardia after 2 years of follow-up.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.