A case report of pulmonary vein isolation performed in a patient with polysplenia and interrupted inferior vena cava.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) has entrenched itself as one of the main approaches for the treatment of paroxysmal symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF). Pulmonary vein isolation prevents focal triggers from pulmonary veins from initiating AF paroxysms. As standard-PVI is performed through the inferior vena cava (IVC) approach, through the femoral vein. However, there are conditions when this approach is not appropriate or is not available.

Case summary

We report a case of a 53-year-old male who was referred to Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital for PVI due to worsening AF. Due to the rare anatomical variant of the venous system, the standard approach to PVI could not be applied. Interrupted cava inferior did not allow for femoral vein and IVC access. We h

SUBMITTER: Kupics K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8665676 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature