Utility and feasibility of the CartoUnivu™ system for atrial flutter ablation in patients with mechanical prosthetic valves

Ablation of macroreentrant atrial tachycardia in patients with mechanical prosthetic valves represents a challenge for electrophysiologists, because of the complexity of the procedure and the potential complications. Moreover, the need for fluoroscopy in this type of procedure is greater, due to the...

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Autores principales: Gutiérrez Ballesteros, Guillermo, Jiménez Jáimez, Juan, Sánchez Millán, Pablo, Macías Ruiz, Rosa, Molina Lerma, Manuel, Tercedor Sánchez, Luis, Álvarez López, Miguel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7854365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33249128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2020.11.015
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Sumario:Ablation of macroreentrant atrial tachycardia in patients with mechanical prosthetic valves represents a challenge for electrophysiologists, because of the complexity of the procedure and the potential complications. Moreover, the need for fluoroscopy in this type of procedure is greater, due to the risk of interference between the prosthetic valve and the ablation or mapping catheter. We present two cases of patients with mechanical prosthetic valves and atrial flutter who underwent successful ablation with no complications using the CartoUnivu™ tool, which integrates the electroanatomical map and the fluoroscopy image.

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