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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 26, 2013
[Left ventricular catheter ablation of the AV conduction system with radiofrequency electric current]
1Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.
Abstract:
We report on a 32-year-old female patient with a history of recurrent atrial fibrillation and rapid ventricular response (up to 240 beats/min) resistant to multiple drug therapy. In this patient, we successfully performed a radiofrequency catheter ablation of the atrioventricular (AV) junction from the left ventricle, after radiofrequency energy application in His-position above the tricuspid valve was unsuccessful. This technique offers an-alternative treatment in patients in whom the conventional right-sided catheter ablation of the AV junction proves ineffective.
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