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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:326-327
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Cardiac Rupture After Catheter Ablation Procedure

Tetsuya Kono, MD*, Hiroto Kitahara, MD, Masayuki Sakaguchi, MD, Jun Amano, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Accepted for publication January 22, 2004.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Kono, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan (Email: tetsuya{at}hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp).

We describe a patient in whom cardiac tamponade developed owing to left ventricular rupture after a catheter ablation procedure. Rapid surgical exploration and use of cardiopulmonary bypass facilitated safe repair of the injury site and survival of the patient without complications.






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