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Trans‐aortic pulmonary vein isolation using magnetic navigation system for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in a patient with dextrocardia, situs inversus, and inferior vena cava continuity with azygos vein

A 51‐year‐old male with dextrocardia and situs inversus underwent catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Because the procedure through the trans‐septal approach was impossible due to the inferior vena cava continuity with azygos vein, we performed pulmonary vein isolation using magnet...

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Autores principales: Okajima, Katsunori, Nakanishi, Tomoyuki, Ichibori, Hirotoshi, Shirai, Takeaki, Kadotani, Makoto, Shimizu, Hiroki, Onishi, Yoshio, Yamashiro, Kohei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6174455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30327707
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joa3.12096
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Sumario:A 51‐year‐old male with dextrocardia and situs inversus underwent catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Because the procedure through the trans‐septal approach was impossible due to the inferior vena cava continuity with azygos vein, we performed pulmonary vein isolation using magnetic navigation system through the retrograde trans‐aortic approach. Superior and inferior left‐sided and superior right‐sided pulmonary veins could be isolated which was confirmed by the ablation catheter. The patient was free from atrial fibrillation episode at the 12 months follow‐up except only one palpitation episode lasting nearly 12 hours at 9 months after the ablation.