TY - JOUR AU - Doriot, Pierre-André AU - Dorsaz, Pierre-André AU - Shah, Dipen Chandrakant PY - 2008 DA - 2008/05/05 TI - Why can pulmonary vein stenoses created by radiofrequency catheter ablation worsen during and after follow-up ? A potential explanation JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery SP - 24 VL - 3 IS - 1 AB - Radiofrequency catheter ablation of excitation foci inside pulmonary veins (PV) generates stenoses that can become quite severe during or after the follow-up period. Since severe PV stenoses have most often disastrous consequences, it would be important to know the underlying mechanism of this temporal evolution. The present study proposes a potential explanation based on mechanical considerations. SN - 1749-8090 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-24 DO - 10.1186/1749-8090-3-24 ID - Doriot2008 ER -