[Typical atrial flutter catheter ablation complicated by right coronary artery spasm and occlusion. Case report and review of the literature]

Simone Zanchi; Lorenzo Bianchini; Stefano Bordignon; Shota Tohoku; Shaojie Chen; Fabrizio Bologna; Claudio Tondo; Boris Schmidt; Julian K R Chun

doi:10.1714/3557.35345

[Typical atrial flutter catheter ablation complicated by right coronary artery spasm and occlusion. Case report and review of the literature]

G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2021 Mar;22(3):244-249. doi: 10.1714/3557.35345.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

Simone Zanchi¹, Lorenzo Bianchini¹, Stefano Bordignon², Shota Tohoku², Shaojie Chen², Fabrizio Bologna², Claudio Tondo³, Boris Schmidt², Julian K R Chun²

Affiliations

¹ Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien, Agaplesion Markus-Krankenhaus, Francoforte sul Meno, Germania - Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Università degli Studi, Milano.
² Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien, Agaplesion Markus-Krankenhaus, Francoforte sul Meno, Germania.
³ Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Università degli Studi, Milano.

PMID: 33687378
DOI: 10.1714/3557.35345

Abstract

Right coronary artery lesion is an uncommon and serious complication of typical atrial flutter ablation. We report a case of right coronary artery occlusion during atrial flutter ablation managed with percutaneous coronary intervention, combined with a review of the literature, in order to obtain pathogenetic and epidemiological information about this complication.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Atrial Flutter* / etiology
Atrial Flutter* / surgery
Catheter Ablation*
Coronary Occlusion* / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Occlusion* / etiology
Coronary Vessels
Humans
Spasm