|Slideshows|June 2, 2015

Shortness of Breath

Case History: 60-year-old female with shortness of breath worsening with exertion and fatigue.

Case History: 60-year-old female with shortness of breath worsening with exertion and fatigue. Patient developed intermittent atrial fibrillation and other dysrhythmias and was scheduled for pulmonary vein mapping CTA for planned pulmonary vein ablation therapy.


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