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12521350

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
We report the case of a 44-year-old woman with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy without history of prior arrhythmias who underwent surgical myectomy. She developed symptomatic postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) that was refractory to antiarrhythmic therapy and could not be adequately rate controlled. AF always was preceded by short and fast runs of atrial tachycardia. In the electrophysiology laboratory, this arrhythmia appeared to originate from the right superior pulmonary vein and conducted with variable degrees of exit block. Pulmonary vein isolation guided by circular mapping was performed, and no further episodes of either atrial tachycardia or AF were noted. This case highlights the potential role of the pulmonary veins in the pathophysiology of postoperative AF.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1045-3873
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1300-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Pulmonary vein firing triggering atrial fibrillation after open heart surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
The Center for Atrial Fibrillation, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Section of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Ohio 44195, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports