Successful catheter ablation of an inferoseptal accessory pathway within the coronary sinus in a patient with a previously unsuccessful attempt at surgical interruption. Coronary sinus ablation for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
In a patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and a right inferoseptal accessory pathway who had had a previously unsuccessful surgical attempt at accessory pathway ablation, the accessory pathway was found to be adjacent to a branch of the coronary sinus. Radiofrequency energy was delivered within this branch to ablate the pathway successfully. This demonstrates an alternative approach to the more common method of radiofrequency ablation of accessory pathways from a tricuspid or mitral annular location.
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Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods; D002932:Cineangiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*