3-dimensional mapping and radiofrequency ablation of atrial flutter in a patient with interrupted inferior vena cava.
The presence of isolated interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) is very rare. Though the occurrence of typical atrial flutter in this setting has recently been described, the use of 3-dimensional activation mapping to aid the management of such patients has not yet been described. We report the successful ablation of this arrhythmia in a 63-year-old woman using the superior route through the internal jugular vein with the help of a mapping system.
Mukerji
Siddharth
S
Division of Cardiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Khunnawat
Chotikorn
C
Kantipudi
Sricharan
S
Khasnis
Atul
A
Sankaran
Sundar
S
Thakur
Ranjan K
RK
Jongnarangsin
Krit
K
D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D018780:Body Surface Potential Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery