Open AccessPulmonary Vein Stenosis After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s) -
Ivan M. Robbins,
Edward V. Colvin,
Thomas P. Doyle,
W. Evans Kemp,
James E. Loyd,
William McMahon,
G. Neal Kay
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.98.17.1769
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary vein stenosis , atrial fibrillation , balloon dilation , cardiology , complication , pulmonary vein , stenosis , catheter ablation , balloon , catheter , pulmonary hypertension , ablation , surgery , radiology
This report describes the complication of pulmonary vein stenosis with resultant severe pulmonary hypertension that developed in 2 patients after successful catheter ablation of chronic atrial fibrillation.
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