Highlights a rare but severe late complication of chronic LMCA occlusion following radiofrequency ablation for idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia.
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Alerts clinicians to rare late LMCA occlusion after ablation; leaves open incidence and prevention in larger cohorts.
We describe in this report the development of chronic left main coronary artery (LMCA) occlusion in a young patient 2 years after an uncomplicated, successful ablation of idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia. This complication appears to be a late consequence of trauma to the LMCA during the procedure rather than an acute or subacute embolic event.
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