Premium
Double Pericardial Access Facilitated by Iatrogenic Pneumopericardium
Author(s) -
NAULT ISABELLE,
NGUYEN BICH LIEN,
WRIGHT MATTHEW,
JAÏS PIERRE
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01424.x
Subject(s) - wright , pneumopericardium , lien , medicine , art history , art , surgery , law , complication , political science
A 47-year-male patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy underwent electrophysiological study and catheter ablation for recurrent ventricular tachycardia (VT). Despite a recent history of several episodes of VT, no arrhythmia could be induced by programmed stimulation; therefore, substrate mapping was conducted. Endocardial mapping revealed no favorable site. The epicardium was accessed according to the Sosa technique with a Tuohy peridural needle (Perican, Melsungen, Germany), under fluoroscopic guidance in lateral projection