Radiofrequency ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation in a patient with situs inversus totalis and interrupted inferior vena cava.

Autor: Zou F; Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA., Flomenbaum D; Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA., Chowdhuri N; Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA., Grupposo V; Biosense Webster, Inc., Irvine, California, USA., Di Biase L; Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA., Zhang X; Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology [J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol] 2023 Dec; Vol. 34 (12), pp. 2621-2625. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 21.
DOI: 10.1111/jce.16136
Abstrakt: Introduction: Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has emerged as the most effective therapy. However, rare anatomical abnormalities such as situs inversus totalis, dextrocardia, or interrupted inferior vena cava can make ablation challenging.
Methods and Results: We report a case of a 55-year-old woman with situs inversus totalis, dextrocardia, surgical atrial septal defect repair, left-sided dual chamber pacemaker in place, and symptomatic recurrent persistent AF who underwent successful pulmonary vein and posterior wall isolation by the superior access from the left internal jugular vein.
Conclusions: It is a feasible and safe approach with support of transesophageal echocardiography and multiple emerging technologies.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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