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Iatrogenic Pneumohemomediastinum Mimicking Cardiac Tamponade: A Complication of Catheter Ablation Procedure
Author(s) -
VOCI PAOLO,
TRITAPEPE LUIGI,
CRITELLI GIUSEPPE
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb04827.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , complication , catheter , catheter ablation , ablation , cardiology , subclavian vein , accessory pathway , radiology
We describe a patient who developed cardiac tamponade during electrophysiological mapping aimed at ablating an atrioventricular accessory pathway. Transesophageal echocardiography showed compression of the left pulmonary veins due to pneumohemomediastinum secondary to left subclavian vein cannulation.