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Minimal use of fluoroscopy during radiofrequency catheter ablation was described in a case report of an 18-year-old pregnant woman with unstable supraventricular tachycardia.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report describes a strategy to minimize fetal and maternal radiation exposure during radiofrequency catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardia in pregnancy.
May support low-fluoroscopy ablation in pregnant SVT; hypothesis-generating case report needing prospective validation.
Electrophysiologic procedures in the young engender concern about the potential long-term effects of radiation exposure. This concern is manifold if such procedures are contemplated during pregnancy. Catheter ablations in pregnancy are indicated only in the presence of an unstable tachycardia that cannot be controlled by antiarrhythmic agents. This report describes the case of an 18-year-old pregnant woman and our stratagem to minimize irradiation of the mother and the fetus.
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Raman et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Supraventricular Tachycardia (n=1). Radiofrequency catheter ablation with minimal fluoroscopy was evaluated. Minimal use of fluoroscopy during radiofrequency catheter ablation was described in a case report of an 18-year-old pregnant woman with unstable supraventricular tachycardia.
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