Pseudothrombotic appearance on pulmonary valve by intracardiac echocardiography during atrial fibrillation ablation.
Makoto SanoTsuyoshi UrushidaYutaro KanekoTomoaki SakakibaraTaro NarumiKeisuke IguchiKenichiro SuwaYoshihisa NaruseYuichiro MaekawaPublished in: Journal of arrhythmia (2020)
We report a case with a thrombus-like image on pulmonary valve detected by intracardiac echocardiography before transseptal puncture for atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. The multimodality assessment provided diagnosis of the imaging artifact and exclusion from the harmful mass. This finding could be useful for a safety management of AF ablation and avoidance of an unnecessary interruption of the procedure.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial appendage
- pulmonary hypertension
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- mitral valve
- aortic valve
- left ventricular
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- computed tomography
- aortic stenosis
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- high resolution
- radiofrequency ablation
- acute coronary syndrome
- magnetic resonance
- photodynamic therapy
- ejection fraction
- image quality
- ultrasound guided
- venous thromboembolism
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement