Intra-Atrial Endothelial Lesion Resulting from Transseptal Puncture for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
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Intra-atrial endothelial lesion resulting from transseptal puncture for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
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.
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart International
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1826-1868,2036-2579
DOI: 10.4081/hi.2012.e8