ArticleEuropean heart journal. Case reports2025
A case of acute acalculous cholecystitis after pulmonary vein isolation-novel phenotype of perioesophageal vagal nerve injury: a case report.
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- Acute esophageal dilatation detected on computed tomography after radiofrequency ablation of an atrial arrhythmia: A case report.HeartRhythm case reports · 2026Article
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Background: Perioesophageal vagal nerve injury related to pulmonary vein isolation using radiofrequency catheter ablation sometimes causes somatic symptoms including gastric dilation and motility disorder. However, reports of acute acalculous cholecystitis after pulmonary vein isolation are rare. Case summary: We report a case of a 64-year-old man diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. No acute complications occurred on the day of the procedure, but he complained of epigastric pain 27 h after the ablation procedure. He was diagnosed with mild acute acalculous cholecystitis and underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Discussion: Vagal nerve injury appears to be related to the development of acute acalculous cholecystitis because many patients with acute cholecystitis after abdominal surgery along with resection of vagal nerve have acute acalculous cholecystitis. We speculate that acute acalculous cholecystitis after pulmonary vein isolation is one phenotype of perioesophageal vagal nerve injury.
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