Thromboembolic Events Following Atrial Fibrillation Cardioversion and Ablation: What’s the Culprit?

Stroke is a rare but possible complication after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. However, its etiopathogenesis is far from being completely characterized. Here we report a case of stroke, with recurrent peripheral embolism after AF ablation procedure. In our patient, an in situ femoral vein throm...

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Autores principales: De Sensi, Francesco, Miracapillo, Gennaro, Addonisio, Luigi, Breschi, Marco, Cresti, Alberto, Baratta, Pasquale, Paneni, Francesco, Limbruno, Ugo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31434315
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55080505
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author De Sensi, Francesco
Miracapillo, Gennaro
Addonisio, Luigi
Breschi, Marco
Cresti, Alberto
Baratta, Pasquale
Paneni, Francesco
Limbruno, Ugo
author_facet De Sensi, Francesco
Miracapillo, Gennaro
Addonisio, Luigi
Breschi, Marco
Cresti, Alberto
Baratta, Pasquale
Paneni, Francesco
Limbruno, Ugo
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description Stroke is a rare but possible complication after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. However, its etiopathogenesis is far from being completely characterized. Here we report a case of stroke, with recurrent peripheral embolism after AF ablation procedure. In our patient, an in situ femoral vein thrombosis and iatrogenic atrial septal defect were simultaneously detected. A comprehensive review of multiple pathophysiological mechanisms of stroke in this context is provided. The case underlines the importance of a global evaluation of patients undergoing AF ablation.
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spelling pubmed-67235532019-09-10 Thromboembolic Events Following Atrial Fibrillation Cardioversion and Ablation: What’s the Culprit? De Sensi, Francesco Miracapillo, Gennaro Addonisio, Luigi Breschi, Marco Cresti, Alberto Baratta, Pasquale Paneni, Francesco Limbruno, Ugo Medicina (Kaunas) Case Report Stroke is a rare but possible complication after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. However, its etiopathogenesis is far from being completely characterized. Here we report a case of stroke, with recurrent peripheral embolism after AF ablation procedure. In our patient, an in situ femoral vein thrombosis and iatrogenic atrial septal defect were simultaneously detected. A comprehensive review of multiple pathophysiological mechanisms of stroke in this context is provided. The case underlines the importance of a global evaluation of patients undergoing AF ablation. MDPI 2019-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6723553/ /pubmed/31434315 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55080505 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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De Sensi, Francesco
Miracapillo, Gennaro
Addonisio, Luigi
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Cresti, Alberto
Baratta, Pasquale
Paneni, Francesco
Limbruno, Ugo
Thromboembolic Events Following Atrial Fibrillation Cardioversion and Ablation: What’s the Culprit?
title Thromboembolic Events Following Atrial Fibrillation Cardioversion and Ablation: What’s the Culprit?
title_full Thromboembolic Events Following Atrial Fibrillation Cardioversion and Ablation: What’s the Culprit?
title_fullStr Thromboembolic Events Following Atrial Fibrillation Cardioversion and Ablation: What’s the Culprit?
title_full_unstemmed Thromboembolic Events Following Atrial Fibrillation Cardioversion and Ablation: What’s the Culprit?
title_short Thromboembolic Events Following Atrial Fibrillation Cardioversion and Ablation: What’s the Culprit?
title_sort thromboembolic events following atrial fibrillation cardioversion and ablation: what’s the culprit?
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31434315
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55080505
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