Hemodynamic Assessment of Dyspnea in Post-Left Atrial Radiofrequency Ablation and Maze Procedure

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Feb 27;10(4):e41-e43. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.11.058.

Authors

Abdallah El Sabbagh¹, Yogesh N V Reddy¹, William R Miranda¹, Rick A Nishimura²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: rnishimura@mayo.edu.

PMID: 28231920
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.11.058

No abstract available

Keywords: MAZE procedure; atrial fibrillation; pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary vein isolation; stiff left atrial syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged
Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Atrial Function, Left* / drug effects
Catheter Ablation / adverse effects*
Diuretics / therapeutic use
Dyspnea / diagnosis*
Dyspnea / drug therapy
Dyspnea / etiology
Dyspnea / physiopathology
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria / physiopathology
Heart Atria / surgery*
Hemodynamics* / drug effects
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / drug therapy
Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / etiology
Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / physiopathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antihypertensive Agents
Diuretics
Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors