Atrial Fibrillation Originating in the Inferior Vena Cava: A Typical Presentation of an Atypical Location

Recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) despite successful isolation of the pulmonary veins (PVs) represents a great challenge. We present a patient with recurrent episodes of paroxysmal AF despite PV isolation in which a non-PV trigger was identified in the inferior vena cava. (Level of Difficulty:...

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Autores principales: Alonso-Martín, Concepción, García Mancebo, Santiago, Campos García, Bieito, Guerra Ramos, Jose, Moreno Weidman, Zoraida, Méndez Zurita, Francisco, Montiel Quintero, Rodolfo, Betancur Gutiérrez, Andrés, Viñolas, Xavier, Rodríguez Font, Enrique
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8693270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34984353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.11.001
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author Alonso-Martín, Concepción
García Mancebo, Santiago
Campos García, Bieito
Guerra Ramos, Jose
Moreno Weidman, Zoraida
Méndez Zurita, Francisco
Montiel Quintero, Rodolfo
Betancur Gutiérrez, Andrés
Viñolas, Xavier
Rodríguez Font, Enrique
author_facet Alonso-Martín, Concepción
García Mancebo, Santiago
Campos García, Bieito
Guerra Ramos, Jose
Moreno Weidman, Zoraida
Méndez Zurita, Francisco
Montiel Quintero, Rodolfo
Betancur Gutiérrez, Andrés
Viñolas, Xavier
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description Recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) despite successful isolation of the pulmonary veins (PVs) represents a great challenge. We present a patient with recurrent episodes of paroxysmal AF despite PV isolation in which a non-PV trigger was identified in the inferior vena cava. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-86932702022-01-03 Atrial Fibrillation Originating in the Inferior Vena Cava: A Typical Presentation of an Atypical Location Alonso-Martín, Concepción García Mancebo, Santiago Campos García, Bieito Guerra Ramos, Jose Moreno Weidman, Zoraida Méndez Zurita, Francisco Montiel Quintero, Rodolfo Betancur Gutiérrez, Andrés Viñolas, Xavier Rodríguez Font, Enrique JACC Case Rep Case Report Recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) despite successful isolation of the pulmonary veins (PVs) represents a great challenge. We present a patient with recurrent episodes of paroxysmal AF despite PV isolation in which a non-PV trigger was identified in the inferior vena cava. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2021-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8693270/ /pubmed/34984353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.11.001 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Alonso-Martín, Concepción
García Mancebo, Santiago
Campos García, Bieito
Guerra Ramos, Jose
Moreno Weidman, Zoraida
Méndez Zurita, Francisco
Montiel Quintero, Rodolfo
Betancur Gutiérrez, Andrés
Viñolas, Xavier
Rodríguez Font, Enrique
Atrial Fibrillation Originating in the Inferior Vena Cava: A Typical Presentation of an Atypical Location
title Atrial Fibrillation Originating in the Inferior Vena Cava: A Typical Presentation of an Atypical Location
title_full Atrial Fibrillation Originating in the Inferior Vena Cava: A Typical Presentation of an Atypical Location
title_fullStr Atrial Fibrillation Originating in the Inferior Vena Cava: A Typical Presentation of an Atypical Location
title_full_unstemmed Atrial Fibrillation Originating in the Inferior Vena Cava: A Typical Presentation of an Atypical Location
title_short Atrial Fibrillation Originating in the Inferior Vena Cava: A Typical Presentation of an Atypical Location
title_sort atrial fibrillation originating in the inferior vena cava: a typical presentation of an atypical location
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8693270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34984353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.11.001
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