TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ahmad, Huzaifa
AU  - Brar, Vijaywant
AU  - O'Donoghue, Susan
AU  - Singh, Manavotam
AU  - Worley, Seth J
TI  - Cryoballoon Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in a Patient with a Left Pneumonectomy
PY  - 2021///
KW  - IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
KW  - MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Internal Medicine Residency
KW  - Case Reports
N2  - 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. Copyright: (c) 2021 Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.19102/icrm.2021.121201
ER  -