Anatomically guided radiofrequency ablation for atrial flutter resulted in transluminal fibrosis across the whole layer of the ablation site at autopsy 2 months post-procedure.
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Anatomically guided radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of atrial flutter was performed in a 41-year-old man with interstitial pneumonia. He died of respiratory failure 2 months after ablation, and an autopsy was performed. The whole layer of the ablation site showed a transluminal fibrosis.
Kohno et al. (Mon,) reported a other. Anatomically guided radiofrequency ablation for atrial flutter resulted in transluminal fibrosis across the whole layer of the ablation site at autopsy 2 months post-procedure.