CATHETER ENTRAPMENT IN THE MITRAL-VALVE APPARATUS REQUIRING SURGICAL REMOVAL - AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION

Authors
MANDAWAT MK TURITTO G ELSHERIF N
Citation
Mk. Mandawat et al., CATHETER ENTRAPMENT IN THE MITRAL-VALVE APPARATUS REQUIRING SURGICAL REMOVAL - AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION, PACE, 21(4), 1998, pp. 772-773
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Engineering, Biomedical
Journal title
PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
ISSN journal
01478389 → ACNP
Volume
21
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Part
1
Pages
772 - 773
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-8389(1998)21:4<772:CEITMA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We describe a patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in whom a st eerable catheter became entrapped in the mitral valve apparatus, durin g radiofrequency ablation. Treatment consisted of surgical removal of the catheter. The occurrence of this previously unreported complicatio n stresses the need for on-going monitoring of risk and benefits of el ectrophysiological interventions.