The Open Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Journal

2009, 2 : 43-44
Published online 2009 October 15. DOI: 10.2174/1876533500902010043
Publisher ID: TOCTSJ-2-43

Intraoperative Monopolar Radiofrequency Ablation in Chronic Atrial Flutter with Concomitant Pulmonary Stenosis

Ichiro Kashima , Yoshito Inoue , Kenichi Hashizume and Ryuichi Takahashi
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saiseikai Utsumomiya Hospital, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan.

ABSTRACT

We successfully treated a 54 year old woman suffering pulmonary stenosis with chronic and drug resistant atrial flutter by means of intraoperative radiofrequency ablation. Ablation applied to the cavotricuspid isthmus by a visible monopolar electrode is easy to perform as a concomitant procedure during repair of congenital structural heart disease.