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Balloon angioplasty and stent placement to restore acute occluded pulmonary veins
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  • Jie Wang,
  • Ping Hu,
  • Lei-zhi Ku,
  • Xiao-Jing Ma
Jie Wang
Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital
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Ping Hu
Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital
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Lei-zhi Ku
Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital
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Xiao-Jing Ma
Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital

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Abstract

A 39-year-old male patient presented for medical treatment with cough and minor hemoptysis for 3 days. Cardiac catheter ablation was successfully performed in another hospital 1 week ago. An emergency pulmonary CT examination revealed diffuse ground glass exudation and consolidation of the left lower lung, and a contrast-enhanced cardiovascular CT confirmed occlusion of the left lower pulmonary vein. Occluded pulmonary veins were successfully opened by balloon dilation and stent placement.