Successful catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in a patient with dextrocardia | Zendy

Takuya Yamada | Zendy; Hugh T. McElderry | Zendy; Harish Doppalapudi | Zendy; Michael Platonov | Zendy; Andrew E. Epstein | Zendy; Vance J. Plumb | Zendy; G. Neal Kay | Zendy

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Successful catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in a patient with dextrocardia

Author(s) -

Takuya Yamada,

Hugh T. McElderry,

Harish Doppalapudi,

Michael Platonov,

Andrew E. Epstein,

Vance J. Plumb,

G. Neal Kay

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

ep europace

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119

H-Index - 102

eISSN - 1532-2092

pISSN - 1099-5129

DOI - 10.1093/europace/eun165

Subject(s) - dextrocardia , medicine , situs inversus , pulmonary vein , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , catheter ablation , catheter , ablation , left atrium , surgery

A 49-year-old woman with dextrocardia and situs inversus underwent catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. A contrast injection into the left atrium revealed that the left atrial appendage (LAA) was adjacent to the right-sided (anatomic left) superior pulmonary vein (PV). After successful isolation of that PV, LAA potentials were recorded from several electrode pairs of a circular PV mapping catheter. LAA may cause similar difficulties during PVI of the right-sided superior PV in a dextrocardia patient, as during PVI of the left superior PV in a normal heart.

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