Left atrial flutter after radiofrequency catheter ablation of focal atrial fibrillation.
We report an arrhythmic complication in two patients in whom a procedure directed at isolating one or two pulmonary veins had been performed. The complication was related to pulmonary vein disconnection scars after ablation. Both patients developed new clinical tachycardia (atypical atrial flutter) secondary to a reentrant phenomena in the vicinity of a previously ablated pulmonary vein.
Unidad de Arritmias del Instituto Cardiovascular del Hospital Cliníco San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. jvillacastin@secardiologia.es
Julián
J
Villacastín
Nicasio
N
Pérez-Castellano
Javier
J
Moreno
Rosa
R
González
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000503:physiopathology