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2023 AF Symposium: Challenging Case―An EP’s Nightmare
This is a tragic case of a 77-year-old male, a retired Cardiologist and a personal friend of the speaker for over 40 years. This case resonated emotionally with both the doctors, panelists and the audience who seemed to have experienced similar experiences with their patients.
Dr. Karl-Heinz Kuck of the University of Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany, described what lead up to a fatal climax.
The story starts in 2014 when his patient developed Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. He had a successful PVI (Pulmonary Vein Isolation/ablation) and roof line ablation in 2015.
A couple of weeks later, the patent had a repeat ablation including an isthmus line. He was doing well for 6 years. But then he came back with… Read the whole story at Challenging Case―An EP’s Nightmare.
