Abstract
We describe a patient who underwent radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation of symptomatic atrial fibrillation. After left atrial (LA) catheter ablation and pulmonary vein isolation, a macro-reentrant atrial tachycardia (AT) with a critical isthmus at the mitral isthmus was induced by incremental atrial pacing from the coronary sinus. Extensive RF energy applications from endocardial sites using ablation catheters with 4 mm- and 8 mm- tips resulted in no discrete potentials being recorded from the endocardial sites of the isthmus, but the tachycardia could not be terminated. However, discrete potentials were recorded within the CS, and epicardial RF energy applications from the CS eliminated the tachycardia. Thus, mapping in the CS is useful for detecting residual conduction at epicardial sites along the mitral isthmus. RF catheter ablation within the CS should be considered when no distinct electrograms are recorded after extensive ablation from the endocardial sites and when distinct electrograms are recorded within the CS.
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Tada, H., Yamada, M., Naito, S. et al. Radiofrequency catheter ablation within the coronary sinus eliminates a macro-reentrant atrial tachycardia: Importance of mapping in the coronary sinus. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 15, 35–41 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-006-6310-2
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