Intra-atrial endothelial lesion resulting from transseptal puncture for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
Abstract
Thromboembolic events are known complications of left atrial ablation therapy. We describe a complication which may also lead to systemic thromboembolism that has not been reported so far: the formation of a moving structure attached to the fossa ovalis after an attempted transseptal puncture in a 66-year old patient with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Keywords
Cardiology, atrial fibrillation, complications
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PDFDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/hi.2012.e8
Submitted: 2011-11-13 20:53:12
Published: 2012-06-05 12:30:52
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