title: Left atrial-pulmonary vein reentrant tachycardia following pulmonary vein isolation.
abstract: Pulmonary vein isolation has become the cornerstone of ablation for atrial fibrillation. However, it is sometimes followed by the development of left atrial macro-reentrant tachycardia. There is evidence to suggest that the myocardial sleeves within the pulmonary veins may be implicated in the mechanism of the tachycardia. Here we present a case of a post-ablation macro-reentrant tachycardia, in which the pulmonary veins and left atrial myocardium were involved.
authors.affiliation: II. Med. Abteilung, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany. dleftheriotis@gmail.com
authors.forename: Dionyssios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leftheriotis
authors.forename: Feifan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kuck
mesh_terms: D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology*