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Pulmonary Vein Edema in a Patient Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Concomitant Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s) -
Shah Amit D.,
Wokhlu Nina,
Anderson Mark,
Shindler Daniel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00287.x
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , pulmonary vein , pulmonary vein stenosis , radiofrequency ablation , ablation , pulmonary edema , heart failure , vein , complication , edema , percutaneous , catheter ablation , exertion , surgery , lung
The syndrome of pulmonary vein stenosis characterized by pulmonary hypertension, dyspnea on exertion, and right heart failure, is a well‐described complication of percutaneous ablation approaches, but has not been described with surgical approaches. We describe the case of a patient who developed localized edema at the pulmonary vein‐left atrial junction after undergoing intraoperative radiofrequency ablation for chronic atrial fibrillation as part of CABG for severe triple vessel disease. The pulmonary vein edema resolved within 10 months suggesting that it may be a clinically silent and self‐resolving phenomenon .