Mechanical reperfusion of acute right coronary artery occlusion after radiofrequency catheter ablation and long-term follow-up angiography

J Invasive Cardiol. 2003 Mar;15(3):173-5.

Abstract

Coronary artery injury is a rare complication of radiofrequency catheter ablation. We describe the case of a 12-year-old girl who had an acute distal right coronary artery (RCA) occlusion during radiofrequency catheter ablation of a postero-septal accessory pathway treated with mechanical reperfusion utilizing an angioplasty guidewire. Coronary angiography performed at 1-year follow-up depicted normal left ventricular function, patent descending posterior artery and total occlusion of the postero-lateral branch, which was filled through a rich collateral circulation from the RCA marginal branch.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / surgery*
  • Arteries / injuries*
  • Arteries / surgery*
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Child
  • Coronary Angiography*
  • Coronary Vessels / injuries*
  • Coronary Vessels / surgery*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Reperfusion*
  • Time