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A 66-year-old male with essential hypertension and a history of bilateral hernia surgery, was self-referred to our institution regarding persistent shortness of breath status post-“redo” pulmonary vein isolation performed at another institution. At admission he denied any chest discomfort, palpitations, presyncope, or syncope.

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  1. Department of Electrophysiology, St. David’s Medical Center, 1015 32nd Street, Suite 506, Austin, TX, 78705, USA

    Luigi Di Biase

  2. Department of Electrophysiology, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, 1015 East 32nd Street, Austin, TX, 78705, USA

    Rodney P. Horton

  3. Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David’s Medical Center, 1015 East 32nd Street, Suite 408, Austin, TX, 78705, USA

    Andrea Natale

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  1. Dept. Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Euclid Ave. 9500, Cleveland, 44195, Ohio, USA

    Andrea Natale

  2. Arrhythmia Service at Stanford Universit, Stanford, 94305, USA

    Amin Al-Ahmad

  3. Stanford, 94305, California, USA

    Paul J. Wang

  4. Cardiovascular Division, University of V, 1215 Lee Street, Charlottesville, 22908, USA

    John DiMarco

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Di Biase, L., Horton, R.P., Natale, A. (2011). Case 32. In: Natale, A., Al-Ahmad, A., Wang, P., DiMarco, J. (eds) Cardiac Electrophysiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-390-9_32

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