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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;122:1239-1240
© 2001 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Brief Communications |
From the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
Received for publication May 31, 2001. Accepted for publication June 12, 2001. Address for reprints: A. Marc Gillinov, MD, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery/F24, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195 (E-mail: gillinom@ccf.org).
Recent reports document successful operative treatment of atrial fibrillation by radiofrequency ablation of the left atrium.
1 We report the case of a patient with rheumatic mitral valve disease and chronic atrial fibrillation who had a fatal esophageal injury during radiofrequency ablation of the left atrium.
Clinical summary
A 60-year-old woman with rheumatic mitral valve disease and chronic atrial fibrillation of several years' duration came for surgical evaluation. The patient was small and cachectic, with a weight of 29 kg, a height of 146 cm, and a body surface area of 1.07 m2. Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated normal left and right ventricular function, biatrial enlargement (maximum left atrial diameter 7.0 cm), 2+ mitral regurgitation, and severe mitral stenosis.
She was taken to the operating room on April 30, 2001. A transesophageal echocardiogram was performed, and then the echo probe was removed. A partial upper sternotomy was constructed and the mitral valve exposed with a combined superior and transseptal approach to the left atrium. The mitral valve was replaced with a 25 mm Carpentier-Edwards Perimount valve (Edwards Lifesciences, LLC, Newport Beach, Calif). The Cobra RF System (Boston Scientific, Boston,
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