Case reportFibrosing Mediastinitis and Occlusion of Pulmonary Veins After Radiofrequency Ablation
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The technique of RA focuses energy on the atrial wall, pulmonary veins, atrioventricular valve annuli, the cavae, and the coronary sinus. Recurrent AF and atrial flutter, cardiac injury, pulmonary edema, and phrenic nerve injuries are recognized complications of the procedure [3]. There is also data to suggest that pulmonary vein isolation during RA can lead to pulmonary vein stenosis occlusion.
Pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis has been defined as a reduction in luminal diameter of greater than 50%
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