Acute occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery during mitral isthmus linear ablation.
Occlusion of LCX During RF Catheter Ablation. We report a case of acute occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery during catheter ablation in the coronary sinus to complete the linear lesion between the postero-lateral mitral annulus and the left inferior pulmonary vein for the treatment of atrial fibrillation.
Takahashi
Yoshihide
Y
Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, France. yoshihide.takahashi@wanadoo.fr
Jaïs
Pierre
P
Hocini
Mélèze
M
Sanders
Prashanthan
P
Rotter
Martin
M
Rostock
Thomas
T
Sacher
Frédéric
F
Jaïs
Catherine
C
Clémenty
Jacques
J
Haïssaguerre
Michel
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents