Right coronary artery occlusion as a complication of accessory pathway ablation in a 12-year-old treated with stenting.
We describe a complication of radiofrequency ablation of a posteroseptal pathway that resulted in acute occlusion of a distal right coronary artery in a pediatric patient. The complication was treated with coronary stenting after unsuccessful angioplasty.
Khanal
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Department of Cardiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, California 92354, USA.
Ribeiro
P A
PA
Platt
M
M
Kuhn
M A
MA
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*