Ohtsuka Toshiya, Murakawa Yuji, Hayami Noriyuki, Kotsuka Yutaka, Takamoto Shinichi
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2002 Jul;25(7):1142-3. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01142.x.
This report describes a male patient with WPW syndrome who underwent surgical repair of sudden, severe mitral valve regurgitation through the posterior leaflet 20 months after successful RF catheter ablation for Kent bundle at the age of 14, and discusses the problem of valvular damage caused by this technique.