Audio Qbank – Q27 – A 62F undergoing an ablation procedure

 

A 62-year-old woman is set to undergo an ablation procedure to treat a recalcitrant arrhythmia. Which of the following areas should be avoided in order to leave the atrioventricular (AV) node intact in this patient?

  Between the inferior vena cava and tricuspid valve
  Inferior to the opening of the coronary sinus
  Lateral to junction of superior vena cava and right atrium
  Junction of pulmonary vein and left atrium

 

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