1.Conservative Management of Left Atrial Intramural Hematoma after Catheter Ablation.
Bahieh MORADI ; Saeed ORAII ; Farideh ROSHANALI ; Alireza GHORBANISHARIF ; Javad MIKAEILI ; Mahmood TAHRAEI
Korean Circulation Journal 2016;46(4):580-583
Left atrial intramural hematoma is a very rare complication of radiofrequency ablation procedures. A patient with tachyarrhythmia underwent radiofrequency catheter ablation. Echocardiography performed the following morning showed a large mass in the left atrium, suggestive of intramural hematoma formation. The patient was in a stable condition; therefore, it was decided that follow-up should be conservative and her anticoagulation therapy was continued. The size of the hematoma decreased significantly over the following 50 days. This case highlights a rare complication of a complex catheter ablation procedure in the left atrium that was managed via a noninvasive approach, with which all interventionists should be familiar.
Catheter Ablation*
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Catheters*
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Echocardiography
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Follow-Up Studies
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Heart Atria
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Hematoma*
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Humans
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Tachycardia