An anterior ablation line is preferred for perimitral flutter after heart transplant
Bhavanesh Makanjee1, George J Klein, Nicholas Derval
1University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
|November 21, 2009
Abstract:
Perimitral atrial flutter in cardiac allograft recipients is uncommon. In general, mitral isthmus ablation can be quite challenging in all patients with perimitral flutter, including the subset of patients who present following left atrial ablation for atrial fibrillation. We report 2 cases where an anterior ablation line was easily performed to eliminate perimitral flutter and produce bidirectional block.


