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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct 29;35(5):841-843.
doi: 10.21470/1678-9741-2019-0143.

Simultaneous Thoracoscopic Approach in a Patient with Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation and Primary Lung Cancer: the First Described Case

Aleksandr Zotov  1 , Sergei Vachev  1 , Daniil Borisov  1 , Aleksandr Troitskiy  1 , Robert Khabazov  1
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Simultaneous Thoracoscopic Approach in a Patient with Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation and Primary Lung Cancer: the First Described Case

Aleksandr Zotov et al. Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. .

Abstract

Cardiac rhythm disorders are common in many patients with cancer. The management of synchronous long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation and pulmonary lesions remains a serious surgical dilemma due to the lack of clinical data and surgical guidelines. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first described case of simultaneous thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy and left atrial posterior wall and pulmonary vein isolation combined with left atrial appendage resection in a patient with early-stage primary lung cancer and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation.

Keywords: Arrhythmia Therapy (Incl Ablation, Surgery, Drugs); Atrial Fibrillation (AF); Flutter; Lung Cancer Surgery; Thoracoscopy/VATS.

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Computed tomography scan of the mass.
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Scheme of left atrial posterior wall and pulmonary vein ablation lines.
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