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Heart, Lung and Circulation
Image| Volume 19, ISSUE 2, P97-99, February 2010

Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A Complication of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Treated with Stenting

      We report a case of severe pulmonary vein stenosis in multiple vessels despite obtaining a satisfactory electro anatomical merge during the ablation (Fig. 1). He was treated with stenting in 3 veins with a good recovery both clinical and radiological.
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      Figure 1(a) The merged Computer Tomography of left atrium and CARTO map of left atrium in the left anterior oblique projection with ablation points. (b) The merged Computer Tomography left atrium and CARTO map of left atrium in the anterior and posterior projection with ablation points. (c) The merged Computer Tomography left atrium and CARTO map of left atrium in the right anterior oblique projection with ablation points.

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