Taipei Veterans General Hospital,
Taipei
People’s Republic of China
Case Report
Percutaneous Retrieval of an Entrapped Ablation Catheter during a Retrograde Approach for a Left Free Wall Accessory Pathway
Author(s): Hung-Kai Huang, Li-Wei Lo, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Ching-Hui Huang and Shih-Ann ChenHung-Kai Huang, Li-Wei Lo, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Ching-Hui Huang and Shih-Ann Chen
A 25-year-old man suffered from repeated attacks of orthodromic atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia utilizing a left lateral accessory pathway (AP) for retrograde conduction. The catheter was approached through the aorta to map the AP and was entrapped in the mitral valve apparatus, and it had a broken internal wire. A snareassisted technique was successfully utilized to retrieve the catheter.
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DOI:
10.4172/2165-7920.1000717
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