Surgical Repair for the Treatment of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis After Radiofrequency Ablation Tatsuya Tarui, MD, PhD, Go Watanabe, MD, PhD, Ryuta Kiuchi, MD, PhD, Shigeyuki Tomita, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Ohtake, MD, PhD, Ko Yoshizumi, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 104, Issue 3, Pages e253-e254 (September 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.071 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Dorsal view of the left atrium and pulmonary vein by the three-dimensional computed tomographic (CT) scan. Arrow shows the four lesions of severe stenosis of pulmonary veins. (B) CT scan after 6 months after operation. All the pulmonary veins were widely patent. (Lt = left; Rt = right.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, e253-e254DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.071) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Schema of the sutureless technique. (A) The stenotic lesions of the pulmonary veins were dissected using a pair of fine scissors. (B) The atriotomy and the opened pulmonary veins were covered using autologous pericardium with a 5-0 polypropylene running suture. (Ao = aorta; RA = right atrium.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, e253-e254DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.071) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions