Key result
Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation can lead to acquired pulmonary vein stenosis, a complication associated with respiratory symptoms that frequently mimic more common diseases.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the importance of recognizing pulmonary vein stenosis as a late complication of atrial fibrillation ablation to avoid misdiagnosis of respiratory symptoms.
Post-ablation respiratory symptoms may reflect pulmonary vein stenosis; case reports leave open the need for prospective incidence and screening studies.
In Brief Pulmonary vein stenosis is a known complication, usually underdiagnosed, of pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of recurrent and drug-resistant atrial fibrillation. The current study describes a patient with acquired pulmonary vein stenosis after the catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation 4 years earlier. Pulmonary vein stenosis secondary to ablation of atrial fibrillation is associated with respiratory symptoms that frequently mimic more common diseases, often leading to erroneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Awareness of this syndrome is important for proper and prompt management. Pulmonary vein stenosis is a known complication, usually underdiagnosed, of pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of recurrent and drug-resistant atrial fibrillation. Pulmonary vein stenosis secondary to ablation is associated with respiratory symptoms that frequently mimic more common diseases, often leading to erroneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Awareness of this syndrome is important for proper and prompt management.
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Munoz et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Pulmonary vein stenosis and atrial fibrillation (n=1). Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation was evaluated on Acquired pulmonary vein stenosis. Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation can lead to acquired pulmonary vein stenosis, a complication associated with respiratory symptoms that frequently mimic more common diseases.
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