Breakage of a Circular Catheter Wedged in a Right Pulmonary Vein during Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation

A 50-year-old man with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation underwent pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) using a cryoballoon. During the PVI procedure, a circular diagnostic catheter (CDC) was wedged deeply into the right PV (RPV). The lung tissues seemed to be tightening around the CDC. After various attempt...

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Autores principales: Makimoto, Hisaki, Kelm, Malte, Shin, Dong-In, Blockhaus, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28458312
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7924

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28458312
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7924

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