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Case Reports
. 2008 Feb;10(2):215-7.
doi: 10.1093/europace/eun006.

Septic vegetation at the left atrial appendage entrance after pulmonary vein ablation for atrial fibrillation

Sebastian Weis  1 , Christopher Piorkowski, Arash Arya, Andreas Bollmann
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Septic vegetation at the left atrial appendage entrance after pulmonary vein ablation for atrial fibrillation

Sebastian Weis et al. Europace. 2008 Feb.

Abstract

Pulmonary vein (PV) ablation is increasingly used to treat highly symptomatic atrial fibrillation. Here, we present a case of infective endocarditis (IE) after PV ablation at the uncommon position of the left atrial appendage entrance. We conclude that iatrogenic intracardial manipulation may create predisposing lesions for IE.

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