Use of Adenosine to Release an Entrapped Catheter During Ablation of Premature Ventricular Complexes

Eun-Jeong Kim; Edward P Gerstenfeld; Cara N Pellegrini

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.02.011

Use of Adenosine to Release an Entrapped Catheter During Ablation of Premature Ventricular Complexes

JACC Case Rep. 2021 Mar 31;3(4):610-613. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.02.011. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Eun-Jeong Kim¹, Edward P Gerstenfeld¹, Cara N Pellegrini^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
² Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA.

Abstract

Catheter entrapment is a rare complication during catheter ablation that may require surgical intervention. Use of adenosine to prolong diastole can be a safe and effective strategy to free the catheter and avoid significant morbidity. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: PVC, premature ventricular complex; catheter ablation; complications; heart valve prosthesis.

Publication types

Case Reports