Management of cardiac tamponade in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: single-centre 15 year experience on 5222 procedures
Author(s) -
Rikuta Hamaya,
Shinsuke Miyazaki,
Hiroshi Taniguchi,
Shigeki Kusa,
Hiroaki Nakamura,
Hitoshi Hachiya,
Takatsugu Kajiyama,
Tomonori Watanabe,
Miyako Igarashi,
Kenzo Hirao,
Yoshito Iesaka
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eux307
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , atrial fibrillation , tamponade , catheter ablation , cardiac ablation , cardiology , ablation , catheter , surgery
Cardiac tamponade during atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is infrequent but potentially fatal. This study aimed to retrospectively investigate the incidence, management, and outcomes of tamponade in large patient series.
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