Massive Air Embolism During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Averting Disaster in a Time of Crisis

A 62-year-old male with symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation underwent radiofrequency catheter ablation. During exchange of the saline irrigation bag, the patient developed sudden hypotension and bradycardia and was found to have a massive air embolism. Air was successfully aspirated with cath...

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Autores principales: Do, Duc H., Khakpour, Houman, Krokhaleva, Yuliya, Mori, Shumpei, Bradfield, Jason, Boyle, Noel G., Shivkumar, Kalyanam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Mini-Focus Issue: Procedural Complications: Part 2
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8305625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.11.040
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author Do, Duc H.
Khakpour, Houman
Krokhaleva, Yuliya
Mori, Shumpei
Bradfield, Jason
Boyle, Noel G.
Shivkumar, Kalyanam
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Khakpour, Houman
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description A 62-year-old male with symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation underwent radiofrequency catheter ablation. During exchange of the saline irrigation bag, the patient developed sudden hypotension and bradycardia and was found to have a massive air embolism. Air was successfully aspirated with catheters, and the patient did not suffer any permanent sequelae. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-83056252021-07-26 Massive Air Embolism During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Averting Disaster in a Time of Crisis Do, Duc H. Khakpour, Houman Krokhaleva, Yuliya Mori, Shumpei Bradfield, Jason Boyle, Noel G. Shivkumar, Kalyanam JACC Case Rep Mini-Focus Issue: Procedural Complications: Part 2 A 62-year-old male with symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation underwent radiofrequency catheter ablation. During exchange of the saline irrigation bag, the patient developed sudden hypotension and bradycardia and was found to have a massive air embolism. Air was successfully aspirated with catheters, and the patient did not suffer any permanent sequelae. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2021-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8305625/ /pubmed/34317467 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.11.040 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Mini-Focus Issue: Procedural Complications: Part 2
Do, Duc H.
Khakpour, Houman
Krokhaleva, Yuliya
Mori, Shumpei
Bradfield, Jason
Boyle, Noel G.
Shivkumar, Kalyanam
Massive Air Embolism During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Averting Disaster in a Time of Crisis
title Massive Air Embolism During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Averting Disaster in a Time of Crisis
title_full Massive Air Embolism During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Averting Disaster in a Time of Crisis
title_fullStr Massive Air Embolism During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Averting Disaster in a Time of Crisis
title_full_unstemmed Massive Air Embolism During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Averting Disaster in a Time of Crisis
title_short Massive Air Embolism During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Averting Disaster in a Time of Crisis
title_sort massive air embolism during atrial fibrillation ablation: averting disaster in a time of crisis
topic Mini-Focus Issue: Procedural Complications: Part 2
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8305625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.11.040
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