| Literature DB >> 25515423 |
Orcun Gurbuz1, Abdulkadir Ercan2, Hakan Ozkan3, Gencehan Kumtepe4, Ilker H Karal5, Serdar Ener6.
Abstract
An increasing number of reports reveal the safety and efficacy of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation therapy even in patients with a history of prosthetic heart valve. This case report presents a 60 year old female patient who had a prosthetic mitral paravalvular leak as a complication of radiofrequency ablation. Surgery revealed a 15 mm hole and three broken knots in the posterolateral mitral annulus. This report demonstrates radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients with prosthetic mitral valve may cause a paravalvular leak likely as a result of thermal injury. Moreover, patient can be asymptomatic at first. The clinician should keep in mind such complication and the patient should be evaluated in terms of paravalvular leakage.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25515423 PMCID: PMC4279701 DOI: 10.1186/s13019-014-0187-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Cardiothorac Surg ISSN: 1749-8090 Impact factor: 1.637