Accidental Entrapment of Electrical Mapping Catheter by Chiari’s Network in Right Atrium during Catheter Ablation Procedure

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(a) The macroscopic image of removed multiloop mapping catheter. Fascicular connective tissue twined around the catheter tip. (b, c, d) The microscopic images of the removed tissue; (b) low-power field with Hematoxylin Eosin staining, (c) low-power field with Elastica van Gieson staining, and (d) high-power field of Elastica van Gieson staining. They consist of interstitial tissue including elastic fibers and patchy distribution of cardiomyocytes .

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