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Among the late complications of this procedure are&#58; cardiac tamponade&#44; pulmonary vein stenosis&#44; embolisms&#44; vascular complications&#44; phrenic nerve lesion&#44; gastro-oesophageal fistula and gastric hypomotility secondary to lesion of the vagus nerve at peri-oesophageal level&#46; All these complications&#44; although rare&#44; should be included in the differential diagnosis of unexplained symptoms in patients who have undergone pulmonary vein ablation in the past&#46;</p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Pulmonary vein stenosis&#44; although it presents asymptomatically in most cases&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> can manifest&#44; as well as with haemoptysis&#44; as dyspnoea on exertion&#44; cough&#44; chest pain or repeated infections&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> which appear between 2 and 5 months after the procedure&#46; 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Letter to the Editor
Haemoptysis and Pulmonary Vein Stenosis After Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Options
Hemoptisis y estenosis de venas pulmonares tras ablación por fibrilación auricular: fisiopatología y opciones terapéuticas
Pablo Demelo-Rodríguez
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, Jorge del Toro-Cervera, Belén Andrés-del Olmo
Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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After remaining asymptomatic for 2 years&#44; he was admitted to our centre for study after presenting 2 episodes of spontaneous haemoptysis&#44; as well as dyspnoea on moderate exertion&#46; A complete blood count&#44; coagulation study&#44; basal arterial blood gases&#44; electrocardiogram&#44; chest radiograph and autoimmunity study were carried out&#44; but did not show any noteworthy abnormalities&#46;</p><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In the chest computed tomography &#40;CT&#41; study&#44; a &#8220;cuff-like&#8221; soft tissue lesion with peribronchovascular distribution was identified in the left upper lobe&#44; which was initially interpreted as a possible tumour &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>A&#44; arrow&#41;&#46; Although there was clinical suspicion of pulmonary vein stenosis as the cause of the haemoptysis&#44; due to the radiological finding&#44; it was decided to perform bronchoscopy with a flexible endoscope to take a biopsy in order to exclude a tumour at that level&#59; the bronchoscopy revealed a mucosa with petechiae which bled easily as the bronchoscope passed&#46; During the procedure&#44; the patient experienced major bleeding from the left main bronchus&#44; which required selective orotracheal intubation of the right main bronchus and transfer to the intensive care unit&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A pulmonary angiography was performed&#44; showing stenosis of the left upper pulmonary vein &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>B&#44; in which a decrease in the vascular calibre can be observed at the level of this vein&#41;&#46; Balloon angioplasty was then performed at this level&#44; achieving repermeabilisation&#44; with subsequent good angiographic results &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>C&#41;&#46; After the patient had been stabilised and then discharged&#44; he was admitted on a scheduled basis 2 months later for angioplasty with stent placement&#46;</p><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Haemoptysis has been described in the literature as a rare form of presentation of pulmonary vein stenosis&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> but the aetiopathogenesis of the haemoptysis in these patients has not yet been clarified&#46; Aguilar-Cabello et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a>described a similar case in which histopathological examination of a lobectomy sample showed congested lung tissue&#46; The increase in venous pressure in the pre-stenotic zone would explain the lung tissue congestion and the risk of bleeding at the level of the mucosa in this area&#46; In our patient&#44; the image observed initially on the chest CT scan &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>A&#41; appears to correspond to oedema and peribronchovascular fibrosis secondary to congestion due to thrombosis of the vein&#46; This radiological finding may help to understand the pathophysiology a little more&#44; and serve as a reference to help other clinicians to support the diagnosis of this entity&#46;</p><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Pulmonary vein ablation is a relatively safe procedure&#44; although it is not free of complications&#46; Among the late complications of this procedure are&#58; cardiac tamponade&#44; pulmonary vein stenosis&#44; embolisms&#44; vascular complications&#44; phrenic nerve lesion&#44; gastro-oesophageal fistula and gastric hypomotility secondary to lesion of the vagus nerve at peri-oesophageal level&#46; All these complications&#44; although rare&#44; should be included in the differential diagnosis of unexplained symptoms in patients who have undergone pulmonary vein ablation in the past&#46;</p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Pulmonary vein stenosis&#44; although it presents asymptomatically in most cases&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> can manifest&#44; as well as with haemoptysis&#44; as dyspnoea on exertion&#44; cough&#44; chest pain or repeated infections&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> which appear between 2 and 5 months after the procedure&#46; For this reason&#44; it is important to be aware of this complication&#44; and to suspect it when these symptoms are present&#44; in order for its early diagnosis and correction&#46;</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The therapeutic option in these patients is balloon angioplasty&#44; with or without stent placement&#46; At present&#44; there are no definitive data that suggest that stenting obtains better results than balloon dilation alone&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> In our patient&#44; we initially opted for isolated angioplasty&#44; although given the serious clinical repercussions&#44; it was finally decided to place a stent in a second procedure&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Regardless of the therapeutic procedure chosen&#44; and despite the high re-stenosis rate&#44; recent studies show that early intervention is recommended in symptomatic patients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> In the case of asymptomatic patients&#44; the treatment appears to show benefits&#44; although the indication is not as clear&#46;</p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Our patient&#39;s subsequent progress to date has been favourable&#44; with no new episodes of haemoptysis and remission of the dyspnoea on exertion&#46;</p></span>"
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