title: Catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia after interatrial defect repair with patch apposition.
abstract: A 54-year-old woman with history of septal atrial mixoma surgically treated and drug-refractory supraventricular tachyarrhythmia underwent catheter ablation of macro-reentry areas near the pericardial patch placed to repair an interatrial defect. The use of ablative therapy has been successful to cure this arrhythmia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Sapienza University (Polo Pontino), Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Garante
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tersigni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sergiacomi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrassi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Matteo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tufano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alessandri
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013612:Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / Q000601:surgery*