International Heart Journal
Online ISSN : 1349-3299
Print ISSN : 1349-2365
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Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Pacemaker Implantation in a Patient with Dextrocardia Situs Inversus
Yasuhiro YokoyamaTakeshi AibaKoji MiyamotoHideaki KanzakiNobuhiko UedaKenzaburo NakajimaTsukasa KamakuraMitsuru WadaKenichiro YamagataKohei IshibashiYuko InoueSatoshi NagaseTakashi NodaChisato IzumiKengo Kusano
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Article ID: 20-804

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A 70-year-old female with dextrocardia with situs inversus (DSI) totalis and inferior vena cava occlusion underwent radiofrequency catheter ablation because she had symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). Careful preoperative examination made successful pulmonary vein isolation through the left jugular vein approach. One-year later, however, AF recurred, and symptomatic sinus bradycardia or junctional bradycardia often occurred. Then, the pacemaker was implanted. We here reported a rare case of congenital abnormality, DSI with inferior vena cava occlusion who had undergone successful pulmonary vein isolation and pacemaker implantation without any complications.

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