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Chronic rate dependent exit block after pulmonary vein isolation
Parth Makker1, Eric Dulmovits1, Stuart Beldner1
1Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York, USA.
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
|March 27, 2021
Abstract:
Rate dependent exit block across the pulmonary veins has been previously described immediately following catheter ablation. We report a case of rate dependent pulmonary vein exit block seen at repeat ablation 7 years after the index procedure. To our knowledge, this is the first report of chronic rate dependent exit block discovered years after circumferential pulmonary vein antral isolation.
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