Atrial arrhythmia is common in clinic. Recently, it was revealed that ectopicimpulses originating in sleeve muscles around the orifices of pulmonary veins (PVs) were deemed tobe one of the most important reasons that ...Atrial arrhythmia is common in clinic. Recently, it was revealed that ectopicimpulses originating in sleeve muscles around the orifices of pulmonary veins (PVs) were deemed tobe one of the most important reasons that trigger or drive atrial arrhythmia, which was calledmyocardial sleeve related arrhythmia. Electrical isolation by radiofrequency ablation is becominghighlight and proved to be an effective method for the arrhythmia. We report a 55-year-old man withparoxysmal atrial tachy-arrhythmias admitted for PV electrical isolation. An abscess was discoveredin right inferior lung before the operation. The arrhythmia was disappeared after resection of theabscess. It implies that for such sufferer and recidivist after ablation, the factors outside thepulmonary veins should be excluded or treated as far as possible, especially before radiofrequencyablation therapy.展开更多
文摘Atrial arrhythmia is common in clinic. Recently, it was revealed that ectopicimpulses originating in sleeve muscles around the orifices of pulmonary veins (PVs) were deemed tobe one of the most important reasons that trigger or drive atrial arrhythmia, which was calledmyocardial sleeve related arrhythmia. Electrical isolation by radiofrequency ablation is becominghighlight and proved to be an effective method for the arrhythmia. We report a 55-year-old man withparoxysmal atrial tachy-arrhythmias admitted for PV electrical isolation. An abscess was discoveredin right inferior lung before the operation. The arrhythmia was disappeared after resection of theabscess. It implies that for such sufferer and recidivist after ablation, the factors outside thepulmonary veins should be excluded or treated as far as possible, especially before radiofrequencyablation therapy.
