title: Pathological findings of the isthmus between the inferior vena cava and tricuspid annulus ablated by radiofrequency application.
abstract: Anatomically guided radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of atrial flutter was performed in a 41-year-old man with interstitial pneumonia. He died of respiratory failure 2 months after ablation, and an autopsy was performed. The whole layer of the ablation site showed a transluminal fibrosis.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamanashi Medical University, Japan. ikohno@res.yamanashi-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Umetani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawanobori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ijiri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*