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- Title
Circular mapping catheter entrapment in the mitral valve apparatus: a previously unrecognized complication of focal atrial fibrillation ablation.
- Authors
Wu RC; Brinker JA; Yuh DD; Berger RD; Calkins HG
- Abstract
Radiofrequency catheter ablation of focal atrial fibrillation triggers within the pulmonary veins is a rapidly developing therapy that relies on both recent technologies and evolving techniques. We describe the entrapment of a circular mapping catheter within the mitral valve apparatus after transseptal catheterization and mapping of the left atrium and pulmonary veins. The occurrence of this previously unreported complication stresses the need for continual monitoring and reporting of adverse effects from new devices and procedures to better inform patients and physicians of the benefits and risks of electrophysiologic interventions.
- Publication
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2002, Vol 13, Issue 8, p819
- ISSN
1045-3873
- Publication type
Journal Article