Successful radiofrequency ablation of atrial tachycardias in surgically repaired Ebstein's anomaly using the Carto XP system and the QwikStar catheter

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2007 Jun;8(6):459-62. doi: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000269711.11059.3b.

Abstract

We describe the case of a child with three different atrial tachyarrhythmias originating from the right atrium, in whom a limited modified maze procedure was performed during surgical repair of an Ebstein's anomaly. Successful radiofrequency transcatheter ablation of all atrial tachyarrhythmias, one re-entrant and two focal, was obtained using the Carto XP EP three-dimensional navigation and ablation system, the new QwikMap software technology and the new mapping/ablation QwikStar multipolar catheter. No conventional mapping was used in addition to the three-dimensional system. Total procedural time was about 3 h and fluoroscopy time was 40 min. There were neither recurrences of the tachycardias nor complications during the follow-up (15 months).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Catheter Ablation / instrumentation*
  • Catheter Ablation / methods
  • Child
  • Ebstein Anomaly / surgery*
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / instrumentation*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
  • Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / etiology
  • Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / surgery*
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / surgery