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We report that a pregnant woman presented with hypotension due to persistent and refractory atrial tachycardia and was successfully cured by a multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) approach, consisting of a combination of zero-fluoroscopy mapping and thoracoscopic atrial appendectomy. We also carried out a literature review of this topic. Methods and Results: A 26-year-old woman in pregnancy at 21 weeks presented with severe palpitation and hypotension due to persistent rapid supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Since adenosine triphosphate could not terminate the tachycardia, a catheter ablation procedure was planned and finally canceled when the zero-fluoroscopy mapping using Carto 3TM system revealed an atrial tachycardia originating from the RAA. Thoracoscopic RAA ectomy was recommended after multidisciplinary consultation and successfully performed without fluoroscopy. EnsiteTM velocity mapping system was used for accurately locating the origin of the arrhythmia during ectomy. The woman finally produced a healthy baby during follow-up. Conclusions: Focal AT originating from appendage in pregnant patients can be persistent, refractory, and life-threatening; traditional strategies, such as medicine or catheter ablation, are limited in this situation. MDT measures, using a thoracoscopic ectomy and zero-fluoroscopy three-dimensional electroanatomical mapping technique, is minimally invasive and a promising strategy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59030528","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,8]],"date-time":"2023-03-08T02:30:23Z","timestamp":1678242623000},"page":"528","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Emergent Zero-Fluoroscopy Mapping and Thoracoscopic Ectomy of Appendage in Pregnant Women with Life-Threatening Atrial Tachycardia: A Case Report and Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0751-5886","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yang","family":"Bai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jie","family":"Qiu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mei","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Management Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095# Jiefang Ave., Wuhan 430030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Guangzhi","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"298","DOI":"10.1097\/OGX.0b013e318253a76e","article-title":"Maternal arrhythmia: A case report and review of the literature","volume":"67","author":"Moore","year":"2012","journal-title":"Obstet. 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