Surgically repaired delayed mitral regurgitation after radiofrequency catheter ablation for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
This report describes a male patient with WPW syndrome who underwent surgical repair of sudden, severe mitral valve regurgitation through the posterior leaflet 20 months after successful RF catheter ablation for Kent bundle at the age of 14, and discusses the problem of valvular damage caused by this technique.
Ohtsuka
Toshiya
T
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan. ohtsuka-tho@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Murakawa
Yuji
Y
Hayami
Noriyuki
N
Kotsuka
Yutaka
Y
Takamoto
Shinichi
S
D000293:Adolescent; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*