title: Complicated transseptal puncture during intervention catheter ablation on atrial fibrillation concomitant with straight back syndrome.
abstract: Straight back syndrome (SBS) is a thoracic deformity with absence of upper thoracic spine kyphosis and heart compression. The anatomic abnormity of SBS may raise the difficulty of introcardial operation and increase the complicated risk of intervention performance. Here we report a case of SBS with complicated transseptal puncture during intervention catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Beijing AnZhen Hospital, Capital University of Medical Science, Anzhen Road, Beijing 100029, PR China. hailongtao2000@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Hailong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Jianzeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Ronghui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Changsheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures; D013577:Syndrome; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed