Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5984351 | Journal of Cardiology Cases | 2016 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A 77-year-old Japanese woman underwent bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) and the Maze procedure for severe aortic valve disease and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), and one year after the AVR, she also underwent a permanent pacemaker implantation for sick sinus syndrome. At two postoperative years, a large mural mass happened to be detected in her left atrium on routine trans-thoracic echocardiography. The cardiac rhythm records produced by the implanted pacemaker demonstrated the recurrence of AF. As anticoagulant therapy was not effective at reducing the size of the mass, surgery was performed and organized thrombus was detected on the ablation line made at the Maze procedure.
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Authors
Shunta MD, Tetsuya MD,PhD, Hiroshi MD, Daisuke MD, Ryota MD, Takeshi MD, Yusuke MD, Taku MD, Natsuya MD, PhD, Kiyoshi MD, PhD, Hitoshi MD, PhD, FJCC, Tetsuya MD, PhD,