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Development of an Aortic Valve Mass After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
Author(s) -
RAITT MERRITT H.,
SCHWAEGLER BECKY,
PEARLMAN ALAN S.,
POOLE JEANNE E.,
BARDY GUST H.,
DOLACK G.,
KUDENCHUK PETER J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1993.tb01002.x
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , catheter ablation , aortic valve , radiofrequency ablation , complication , embolization , ablation , cardiology , radiology , surgery
A 49‐year‐old woman underwenl a successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of a left‐sided accessory pathway using a retrograde approach across the aortic valve. Routine echocardiogruphy performed 20 hours after the procedure revealed a new aortic valve mass. Five blood cultures were negative. An echocardiogram after 2 days of heparin therapy showed complete resolution of the mass. There was no clinical evidence of embolization. Echocardiography may need to be performed routinely after catheter ablations performed retrograde across the aortic valve so that this potentially devastating complication can be diagnosed and treated early in its course.