Circular mapping catheter entrapment in the mitral valve apparatus: A previously unrecognized complication of focal atrial fibrillation ablation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 819-821

  Wu, Richard C ^a   Brinker, Jeffrey A ^a   Yuh, David D ^b   Berger, Ronald D ^a   Calkins, Hugh G ^a,c  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiologic study; Mapping; Mitral valve; Pulmonary vein isolation; Radiofrequency catheter ablation adverse effect instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FOREIGN BODY; HEART SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION;

EID: 0036667624     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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