RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pulmonary Venous Thrombosis and Infarction Complicating Pulmonary Venous Stenosis Following Radiofrequency Ablation
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP 1525
OP 1527
VO 49
IS 12
A1 Yataco, Jose
A1 Stoller, James K
YR 2004
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/49/12/1525.abstract
AB Pulmonary vein stenosis is a recently described complication of radiofrequency ablation. We report a patient who experienced thrombosis of the lingular vein and pulmonary infarction resulting from mild single-vessel pulmonary vein stenosis. This report extends available experience with complications of radiofrequency ablation, by demonstrating pulmonary venous thrombosis as a complication of relatively minor (approximately 50% luminal narrowing) stenosis of a single pulmonary vein, despite the fact that the patient was taking an anticoagulant.