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Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return caused an arrhythmogenic superior vena cava in a 52-year-old man with multidrug-refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
This case highlights partial anomalous pulmonary venous return as a potential cause of arrhythmogenic superior vena cava leading to refractory atrial fibrillation.
May support targeted imaging for anomalous pulmonary venous return in refractory AF with arrhythmogenic SVC; hypothesis-generating case report needing confirmation.
A 52-year-old man with symptomatic multidrug refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) was referred to our hospital for catheter ablation. Irregular atrial tachycardia (AT) with positive P waves in the inferior leads higher than those during sinus rhythm, as well as AF with typical fibrillatory waves, was detected on electrocardiogram recorded in his clinical course …
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Fukumoto et al. (2010) studied this question. Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return caused an arrhythmogenic superior vena cava in a 52-year-old man with multidrug-refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
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