Postcardiac injury syndrome complicating radiofrequency ablation of the atrioventricular node

Abstract

Radiofrequency ablation, which is increasingly used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, can be complicated with pericardial effusion and one case of Dressler's syndrome has already been reported after an atrioventricular pathway ablation. This case reports a second case complicating an atrioventricular node radiofrequency ablation procedure.

• Postcardiac injury syndrome
• pericarditis
• radiofrequency ablation
• atrioventricular node