Left ventricular rupture postradiofrequency catheter ablation: Transaortic, intraventricular patch exclusion repair.
Danilo VerdichizzoJaswinder GillGeorge KrasopoulosPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
Left ventricular (LV) rupture after radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) is a rare but life-threatening complication. We describe a case of LV rupture secondary to RFCA successfully treated with a transaortic, intraventricular patch exclusion surgical repair, assisted by transoesophageal echocardiography and epicardial ultrasound assessment. Patch exclusion technique can offer a physiological repair with better preservation of myocardial mechanical characteristics and possibly less damage to healthy myocardium and surrounding structures.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- left ventricular
- left atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial appendage
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- oxidative stress
- computed tomography
- coronary artery disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- aortic valve
- ultrasound guided
- mass spectrometry