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Complete Atrioventricular Block during Ablation of Atrial Flutter
Author(s) -
BREMBILLAPERROT BEATRICE,
FILALI MOURAD LEMDERSI,
BEURRIER DANIEL,
GROBEN LAURENT,
CEDANO JUANICO,
ABDELAAL AHMED,
LOUIS PIERRE,
CLAUDON OLIVIER,
DE LA CHAISE ARNAUD TERRIER,
ETHÉVENOT GERARD
Publication year - 2010
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.1540-8159.2009.02651.x
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial flutter , cardiology , ablation , atrioventricular block , catheter ablation , complication , atrioventricular node , radiofrequency ablation , tachycardia
We report the case of a 51‐year‐old patient who developed a complete atrioventricular (AV) block during the isthmic radiofrequency catheter ablation of a typical atrial flutter. The cause was an acute occlusion of the segment three of the right coronary artery. His recanalization was associated with the immediate restoration of a normal AV conduction. The complication is exceptional (one of 740 consecutive atrial flutter ablations). (PACE 2010; 516–519)