Cryoballoon Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in a Patient with a Left Pneumonectomy

Autor:	Brar, Vijaywant, Ahmad, Huzaifa, Singh, Manavotam, O’Donoghue, Susan, Worley, Seth J.
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	cryoballoon ablation Physiology (medical) Case Report Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Atrial fibrillation pneumonectomy pulmonary vein isolation
Zdroj:	The Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management
ISSN:	2156-3993 2156-3977
DOI:	10.19102/icrm.2021.121201
Popis:	Pulmonary vein (PV) isolation (PVI) is the most important component of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) and can be achieved by radiofrequency or cryoballoon ablation (CBA). The CBA system has shown excellent efficacy and safety in a number of clinical trials and is independent of the PV anatomy. However, pneumonectomy can significantly alter the anatomy posing a challenge to CBA. Few cases of PVI accomplished by CBA have been described in patients with lobectomy, but none in the pneumonectomy population. We describe a case of successful CBA for paroxysmal AF in a patient with a left total pneumonectomy.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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