Ventricular ectopy from the non-coronary cusp: Pathophysiological and anatomical considerations

Abstract

Non-coronary cusp (NCC) is a rare site for ventricular arrhythmias because it does not come into direct contact with the ventricular myocardium. Instead, the NCC comes in contact with the membranous septum near the His region. We describe a case of a young man with a ventricular ectopy who was successfully ablated in the NCC. In our case the much greater prematurity in the NCC than in the His region suggests that the arrhythmic site of origin is not in the peri-His area but most likely a myocardial extension adjoining the aortic root.

Keywords

• Non-coronary cusp
• Ventricular ectopy
• Catheter ablation
• Aortic root
• Myocardial extensions