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J Atr Fibrillation. 2016 Oct 31;9(3):1418. doi: 10.4022/jafib.1418. eCollection 2016.

Emergency Covered Stent Implantation For Rupture Of A Pulmonary Vein After Balloon Angioplasty For Postinterventional Pulmonary Vein Stenosis.

Journal of atrial fibrillation

Sebastian Hilbert, Silke John, Frank-Thomas Riede, Arash Arya, Ingo Paetsch, Cosima Jahnke, Gerhard Hindricks, Andreas Bollmann

Affiliations

  1. Department of Electrophysiology, University Leipzig,Heart Center, Leipzig,Germany.
  2. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Leipzig,Heart Center, Leipzig,Germany.

PMID: 28496923 PMCID: PMC5368543 DOI: 10.4022/jafib.1418

Abstract

Pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis is a known complication of PV isolation procedures for atrial fibrillation. We describe in this report a case of emergency covered stent implantation for rupture of a PV after balloon angioplasty for postinterventional PV stenosis occlusion. Focus is on stent implantation and on a novel aspect of magnetic resonance imaging for postprocedural outcome evaluation. A focused review of the current literature regarding ongoing limitations of PV stenosis treatment is provided.

Keywords: Balloon Angioplasty; Covered Stent; MR Angiography; Pericardial Effusion; Pulmonary; Pulmonary Vein Stenosis; Vein Rupture

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