We present a case of a patient treated with catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation aiming to pulmonary veins isolation. During ablation, atrial fibrillation organized into a left atrial flutter. Electroanatomic and electrophysiologic mapping revealed the anterior left atrium area between the mitral annulus and left atrium septum as a critical region for flutter ablation. After a few pulses of radiofrequency, complete atrio-ventricular block appeared. Finally, we propose pace mapping of the mitral annulus to detect left dislodgment of the compact atrio-ventricular node.
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