Key result
Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery successfully released entrapped circular mapping catheters from the mitral valve and allowed for concurrent valve repair in two patients.
Why the study?
Does robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery allow for successful release of entrapped mapping catheters in the mitral valve?
Case Report (n=2)
No
Does robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery allow for successful release of entrapped mapping catheters in the mitral valve?
Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery is a viable and effective option for the emergency management of mapping catheter entrapment in the mitral valve during atrial fibrillation ablation.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
May support robot-assisted release of entrapped catheters; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Je et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Catheter entrapment in the mitral valve during ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (n=2). Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery was evaluated on Successful release of entrapped catheter and mitral valve repair. Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery successfully released entrapped circular mapping catheters from the mitral valve and allowed for concurrent valve repair in two patients.
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