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A rare complication after radiofrequency catheter ablation in an adolescent case: skin burn.

Emine Gulsah TorunNevin ÖzdemiroğluSerhat Koca
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2023)
Radiofrequency catheter ablation is a preferred treatment method for cardiac arrhythmias in children due to its high success rate and low complication risk. We present an adolescent patient who underwent radiofrequency catheter ablation for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and developed a skin burn at the site of the electrode patch. Skin burns can catastrophic consequences, especially in patients with life-threatening arrhythmias; therefore, clinicians should be aware of this complication.
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