Jae-Sun Uhm, Jae Young Choi, Young Jin Kim, Tae-Hoon Kim, Boyoung Joung, Hui-Nam Pak, Moon-Hyoung Lee
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine.
Republic of Korea
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
Pacing Clin Electrophiol 2019; 42: 113-116
DOI: 10.1111/pace.13515
Abstract
Incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is high in patients with congenial heart disease. However, management of AF is challenging in these patients. Although radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) is effective therapeutic option for AF, RFCA for AF is not common in patients who underwent Fontan operation. We present a 24-year-old woman with paroxysmal AF, who underwent lateral tunnel Fontan operation for functional single ventricle. Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation was successfully performed. However, significant pulmonary vein stenosis developed after RFCA. Pulmonary vein stenosis was successfully treated by transcatheter intervention.
Category
Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections
Catheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy
Year of Publication: 2019
Age Focus: Adult
Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients)
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