Acute stroke and myocardial infarction caused by air embolism during ablation therapy for the left posterior fascicular ventricular tachycardia: A case report

Asian J Surg. 2024 May;47(5):2216-2218. doi: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.01.067. Epub 2024 Feb 1.

Authors

Fang Zhang¹, Lu Geng², Jing Zhang¹, Chunhong Chen³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071000, PR China.
² Department of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, PR China.
³ Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071000, PR China. Electronic address: chunhongchen163@163.com.

PMID: 38302354
DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.01.067

No abstract available

Keywords: Air embolism; Iatrogenic; Ventricular tachycardia ablation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Catheter Ablation* / adverse effects
Catheter Ablation* / methods
Embolism, Air* / etiology
Female
Humans
Intraoperative Complications / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction* / complications
Myocardial Infarction* / surgery
Stroke / complications
Stroke / etiology
Stroke / surgery
Tachycardia, Ventricular* / etiology
Tachycardia, Ventricular* / surgery