Pathological findings of the isthmus between the inferior vena cava and tricuspid annulus ablated by radiofrequency application.
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.
Kohno
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Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamanashi Medical University, Japan. ikohno@res.yamanashi-med.ac.jp
Ishihara
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Umetani
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Sawanobori
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Ijiri
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Komori
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Tamura
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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*