Transient Global Amnesia After Ablation of the Left Lateral Accessory Pathway

Abstract

Transient global amnesia (TGA) could be encountered in many situations even during invasive procedures. In ablation therapy for arrhythmia, there was only one reported case in the ablation of premature ventricular beats. We report a 31-year-old man having paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia who underwent TGA at the end of ablation and recovered quickly after 8-9 hours later. Long-term follow-up showed no neurologic deficits for 8 months.

Keywords

• transient global amnesia
• ablation
• paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia