[Ablation of the atrioventricular node using radiofrequency in a cirrhosis patient].
The ablation of cardiac arrhythmias by radiofrequency has changed radically the treatment of arrhythmias. We present the case of a woman with cirrhosis and no structural heart disease, who was severely limited in her activities because of drug-refractory paroxysmal supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. She underwent an atrio-ventricular node ablation by radiofrequency. She was discharged with no antiarrhythmic drugs and on a permanent cardiac pacing. She showed obvious improvement in her quality of life.
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Departamento de Electrofisiología y Arritmias, Hospital de Cardiología, CMN, IMSS, México, D.F.
Fernández de Lara
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Morales Hernández
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Madrid Miller
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García Hernández
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D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000601:surgery*; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000150:complications; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000601:surgery*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000601:surgery*
Ablación del nodo aurículo-ventricular por radiofrecuencia en una paciente con cirrosis.