Emergency Percutaneous Closure of an Iatrogenic Atrial Septal Defect Causing Right-to-Left Shunt and Severe Refractory Hypoxemia After Pulmonary Vein Isolation

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Sep;8(11):e179-e181. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.04.023. Epub 2015 Aug 19.

Authors

Konstantinos Aznaouridis¹, Neil Hobson², Christopher Rigg², Thanjavur Bragadeesh²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Cottingham, United Kingdom. Electronic address: conazna@yahoo.com.
² Cardiology Department, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Cottingham, United Kingdom.

PMID: 26298223
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.04.023

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; atrial septal closure; iatrogenic; pulmonary vein isolation; right-to-left shunt.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Atrial Septum / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Septum / injuries*
Atrial Septum / physiopathology
Cardiac Catheterization* / instrumentation
Catheter Ablation / adverse effects*
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Emergencies
Heart Injuries / diagnosis
Heart Injuries / etiology
Heart Injuries / physiopathology
Heart Injuries / therapy*
Hemodynamics*
Humans
Hypoxia / diagnosis
Hypoxia / etiology*
Hypoxia / physiopathology
Iatrogenic Disease*
Male
Prosthesis Design
Pulmonary Veins / physiopathology
Pulmonary Veins / surgery*
Septal Occluder Device
Treatment Outcome