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Cryoballoon Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in a Patient with a Left Pneumonectomy

Pulmonary vein (PV) isolation (PVI) is the most important component of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) and can be achieved by radiofrequency or cryoballoon ablation (CBA). The CBA system has shown excellent efficacy and safety in a number of clinical trials and is independent of the PV...

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Autores principales: Brar, Vijaywant, Ahmad, Huzaifa, Singh, Manavotam, O’Donoghue, Susan, Worley, Seth J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MediaSphere Medical 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8711969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34970470
http://dx.doi.org/10.19102/icrm.2021.121201
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Sumario:Pulmonary vein (PV) isolation (PVI) is the most important component of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) and can be achieved by radiofrequency or cryoballoon ablation (CBA). The CBA system has shown excellent efficacy and safety in a number of clinical trials and is independent of the PV anatomy. However, pneumonectomy can significantly alter the anatomy posing a challenge to CBA. Few cases of PVI accomplished by CBA have been described in patients with lobectomy, but none in the pneumonectomy population. We describe a case of successful CBA for paroxysmal AF in a patient with a left total pneumonectomy.