title: Successful radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation in a patient with pneumonectomy.
abstract: Among electrophysiologic procedures, catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is challenging, requiring the isolation of all pulmonary veins (PVs). AF is associated with serious complications including PV stenosis. Presently described was a technically challenging case of PV isolation in a patient with left-sided pneumonectomy due to lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, İstanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey. elvin_salamov@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Enes Elvin
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Gül
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, İstanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, İstanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fethi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kılıçaslan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery*