title: Catheter ablation of a left free-wall accessory pathway via the radial artery approach.
abstract: Catheter ablation of the left free-wall accessory pathways (APs) is normally performed by the retrograde transaortic approach via a femoral artery or the transseptal approach. Here we report a case of an overt left free-wall AP, which was successfully ablated with a retrograde transaortic approach via the radial artery without any vascular complications. The patient has remained free of any symptoms or pre-excitation observed on the ECG during a 10-month post- ablation follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Amidong 1-10 Seo-Gu, Busan 602-739, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Won
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Han-Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: June Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kook Jin
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: Taek Jong
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Yung Woo
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology