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pulmonary vein stenosis
Etiology:
- complication of pulmonary vein isolation/ablation [1,2]
Epidemiology:
- 1-3% of patients who undego pulmonary vein ablation
- risk higher after multiple ablations
Clinical manifestations:
- progressive dyspnea
- cough, hemoptysis &/or chest pain with more severe stenosis
Radiology:
- CT angiography
- magnetic resonance angiography
- lung scintigraphy
General
venous stenosis
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015
- Holmes DR Jr, Monahan KH, Packer D
Pulmonary vein stenosis complicating ablation for atrial
fibrillation: clinical spectrum and interventional
considerations.
JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 Apr;2(4):267-76
PMID: 19463436