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Lung Infarction due to Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Ablation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Misdiagnosed as Organizing Pneumonia: Sequential Changes on CT in Two Cases

Pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis is a complication of ablation therapy for arrhythmias. We report two cases with chronic lung parenchymal abnormalities showing no improvement and waxing and waning features, which were initially diagnosed as nonspecific pneumonias, and finally confirmed as PV stenosis. W...

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Autores principales: Kwon, Mi-ri, Lee, Ho Yun, Cho, Jong Ho, Um, Sang-Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Radiology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4499562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26175597
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2015.16.4.942
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description Pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis is a complication of ablation therapy for arrhythmias. We report two cases with chronic lung parenchymal abnormalities showing no improvement and waxing and waning features, which were initially diagnosed as nonspecific pneumonias, and finally confirmed as PV stenosis. When a patient presents for nonspecific respiratory symptoms without evidence of infection after ablation therapy and image findings show chronic and repetitive parenchymal abnormalities confined in localized portion, the possibility of PV stenosis should be considered.
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spelling pubmed-44995622015-07-14 Lung Infarction due to Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Ablation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Misdiagnosed as Organizing Pneumonia: Sequential Changes on CT in Two Cases Kwon, Mi-ri Lee, Ho Yun Cho, Jong Ho Um, Sang-Won Korean J Radiol Thoracic Imaging Pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis is a complication of ablation therapy for arrhythmias. We report two cases with chronic lung parenchymal abnormalities showing no improvement and waxing and waning features, which were initially diagnosed as nonspecific pneumonias, and finally confirmed as PV stenosis. When a patient presents for nonspecific respiratory symptoms without evidence of infection after ablation therapy and image findings show chronic and repetitive parenchymal abnormalities confined in localized portion, the possibility of PV stenosis should be considered. The Korean Society of Radiology 2015 2015-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4499562/ /pubmed/26175597 http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2015.16.4.942 Text en Copyright © 2015 The Korean Society of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Thoracic Imaging
Kwon, Mi-ri
Lee, Ho Yun
Cho, Jong Ho
Um, Sang-Won
Lung Infarction due to Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Ablation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Misdiagnosed as Organizing Pneumonia: Sequential Changes on CT in Two Cases
title Lung Infarction due to Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Ablation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Misdiagnosed as Organizing Pneumonia: Sequential Changes on CT in Two Cases
title_full Lung Infarction due to Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Ablation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Misdiagnosed as Organizing Pneumonia: Sequential Changes on CT in Two Cases
title_fullStr Lung Infarction due to Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Ablation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Misdiagnosed as Organizing Pneumonia: Sequential Changes on CT in Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Lung Infarction due to Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Ablation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Misdiagnosed as Organizing Pneumonia: Sequential Changes on CT in Two Cases
title_short Lung Infarction due to Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Ablation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Misdiagnosed as Organizing Pneumonia: Sequential Changes on CT in Two Cases
title_sort lung infarction due to pulmonary vein stenosis after ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation misdiagnosed as organizing pneumonia: sequential changes on ct in two cases
topic Thoracic Imaging
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4499562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26175597
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2015.16.4.942
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