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Mitral Valve and Ethanol Injection procedure

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hi all

so after 2 ablations which haven’t worked and now in permanent Af I have had a letter through from my EP at St Barts stating the following

At my last procedure they discovered a short circuit running around the mitral valve .

they want to perform a technique where they block a very small vein at the back of the heart which destroys a tiny bit of tissue that supports that circuit and this is called an ethanol injection .

My question is

Has anyone had or heard of this technique and can you give any advice or guidance please .

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Funnily I just read on another thread where a poster was asking if anywhere in UK did this procedure, I hadn’t heard of it.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/333...

Conclusion: A novel ablation strategy that systematically targets anatomical atrial structures (VOM ethanol infusion, PVI, and prespecified linear lesions) is feasible, safe, and associated with a high rate of freedom from arrhythmia recurrence at 12 months in patients with persistent AF.

The poster was @mwcf

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BobDVolunteer

Not heard of it myself but guess Richard Schilling's team are involved so worth considering.

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KMRobbo

A lady named "Cuore " had three ablations in Bordeaux France the second of which was Vein of Marshall ablation. She posted two years ago. Maybe she is still on Health Unlocked?

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KMRobbo in reply toKMRobbo

Also a lady "DawnTX " has had a Vein of Marshall ablation in the USA, posted 7 montha ago.

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mwcf in reply toKMRobbo

whatever happened to Cuore? Does anyone know ? ? So far as I can see it’s 2 years since she posted here. I PM’d her a month or two ago and got no response.

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Cat04

Not sure if it's the same & I doubt I can answer any questions but I'm 9 days post-op AVR, LAAe clip, pvi performed & ligament of Marshall divided

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Mumursa in reply toCat04

That sounds like an awful lot to go through! I hope you're taking it easy and making a good recovery. All the Best!!!

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