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Catheter Entrapment in the Mitral Valve Apparatus During Radiofrequency Ablation
Author(s) -
CONTI JAMIE B.,
GEISER EDWARD,
CURTIS ANNE B.
Publication year - 1994
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.1540-8159.1994.tb02365.x
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , catheter ablation , entrapment , aortic valve , mitral valve , ablation , cardiology , radiofrequency catheter ablation , accessory pathway , surgery
Catheter ablation of accessory atrioventricular pathways in patients with Wolff‐Parkinson‐White syndrome has become an increasingly popular therapeutic option. Catheter technology is rapidly evolving, allowing physicians to tailor the choice of catheter to the location of the pathway. We describe catheter entrapment in the mitral valve apparatus while using a valve mapping catheter with a peanut shaped tip to approach a left free‐wall pathway retrogradely across the aortic valve.