Left atrium perforation with lung injury after catheter ablation.
Fabrizio RosatiSyed M Ali HassanKenneth ReidPeggy DejongGianluigi BisleriPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)
Left atrial perforation is a known complication following pulmonary vein catheter ablation. Our case of a 62-year-old female underwent urgent surgery for repair of left atrium perforation with left pleural effusion as a late complication after multiple transcatheter radiofrequency pulmonary vein ablations for persistent atrial fibrillation.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- minimally invasive
- heart failure
- direct oral anticoagulants
- coronary artery bypass
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- mitral valve
- inferior vena cava
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- acute coronary syndrome
- pulmonary embolism
- venous thromboembolism
- vena cava