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Emergent Zero-Fluoroscopy Mapping and Thoracoscopic Ectomy of Appendage in Pregnant Women with Life-Threatening Atrial Tachycardia: A Case Report and Literature Review

Background: Focal atrial tachycardia (AT) originating from the right atrial appendage (RAA), often persistent and refractory, is clinically rare in pregnant woman, and the therapy is much more challenging. We report that a pregnant woman presented with hypotension due to persistent and refractory at...

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Autores principales: Bai, Yang, Qiu, Jie, Hu, Mei, Chen, Guangzhi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10053284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36984528
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59030528
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Qiu, Jie
Hu, Mei
Chen, Guangzhi
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Chen, Guangzhi
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description Background: Focal atrial tachycardia (AT) originating from the right atrial appendage (RAA), often persistent and refractory, is clinically rare in pregnant woman, and the therapy is much more challenging. We report that a pregnant woman presented with hypotension due to persistent and refractory atrial tachycardia and was successfully cured by a multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) approach, consisting of a combination of zero-fluoroscopy mapping and thoracoscopic atrial appendectomy. We also carried out a literature review of this topic. Methods and Results: A 26-year-old woman in pregnancy at 21 weeks presented with severe palpitation and hypotension due to persistent rapid supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Since adenosine triphosphate could not terminate the tachycardia, a catheter ablation procedure was planned and finally canceled when the zero-fluoroscopy mapping using Carto 3(TM) system revealed an atrial tachycardia originating from the RAA. Thoracoscopic RAA ectomy was recommended after multidisciplinary consultation and successfully performed without fluoroscopy. Ensite(TM) velocity mapping system was used for accurately locating the origin of the arrhythmia during ectomy. The woman finally produced a healthy baby during follow-up. Conclusions: Focal AT originating from appendage in pregnant patients can be persistent, refractory, and life-threatening; traditional strategies, such as medicine or catheter ablation, are limited in this situation. MDT measures, using a thoracoscopic ectomy and zero-fluoroscopy three-dimensional electroanatomical mapping technique, is minimally invasive and a promising strategy.
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spelling pubmed-100532842023-03-30 Emergent Zero-Fluoroscopy Mapping and Thoracoscopic Ectomy of Appendage in Pregnant Women with Life-Threatening Atrial Tachycardia: A Case Report and Literature Review Bai, Yang Qiu, Jie Hu, Mei Chen, Guangzhi Medicina (Kaunas) Review Background: Focal atrial tachycardia (AT) originating from the right atrial appendage (RAA), often persistent and refractory, is clinically rare in pregnant woman, and the therapy is much more challenging. We report that a pregnant woman presented with hypotension due to persistent and refractory atrial tachycardia and was successfully cured by a multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) approach, consisting of a combination of zero-fluoroscopy mapping and thoracoscopic atrial appendectomy. We also carried out a literature review of this topic. Methods and Results: A 26-year-old woman in pregnancy at 21 weeks presented with severe palpitation and hypotension due to persistent rapid supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Since adenosine triphosphate could not terminate the tachycardia, a catheter ablation procedure was planned and finally canceled when the zero-fluoroscopy mapping using Carto 3(TM) system revealed an atrial tachycardia originating from the RAA. Thoracoscopic RAA ectomy was recommended after multidisciplinary consultation and successfully performed without fluoroscopy. Ensite(TM) velocity mapping system was used for accurately locating the origin of the arrhythmia during ectomy. The woman finally produced a healthy baby during follow-up. Conclusions: Focal AT originating from appendage in pregnant patients can be persistent, refractory, and life-threatening; traditional strategies, such as medicine or catheter ablation, are limited in this situation. MDT measures, using a thoracoscopic ectomy and zero-fluoroscopy three-dimensional electroanatomical mapping technique, is minimally invasive and a promising strategy. MDPI 2023-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10053284/ /pubmed/36984528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59030528 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bai, Yang
Qiu, Jie
Hu, Mei
Chen, Guangzhi
Emergent Zero-Fluoroscopy Mapping and Thoracoscopic Ectomy of Appendage in Pregnant Women with Life-Threatening Atrial Tachycardia: A Case Report and Literature Review
title Emergent Zero-Fluoroscopy Mapping and Thoracoscopic Ectomy of Appendage in Pregnant Women with Life-Threatening Atrial Tachycardia: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Emergent Zero-Fluoroscopy Mapping and Thoracoscopic Ectomy of Appendage in Pregnant Women with Life-Threatening Atrial Tachycardia: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Emergent Zero-Fluoroscopy Mapping and Thoracoscopic Ectomy of Appendage in Pregnant Women with Life-Threatening Atrial Tachycardia: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Emergent Zero-Fluoroscopy Mapping and Thoracoscopic Ectomy of Appendage in Pregnant Women with Life-Threatening Atrial Tachycardia: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Emergent Zero-Fluoroscopy Mapping and Thoracoscopic Ectomy of Appendage in Pregnant Women with Life-Threatening Atrial Tachycardia: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort emergent zero-fluoroscopy mapping and thoracoscopic ectomy of appendage in pregnant women with life-threatening atrial tachycardia: a case report and literature review
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10053284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36984528
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59030528
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