04 June 2021: Articles
Diagnosis and Management of Left Ventricular Perforation During Mapping of Ventricular Tachycardia
Unusual clinical course, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Unusual setting of medical care
Sorin Ștefan Popescu A , Christian-Hendrik Heeger A , Karl-Heinz Kuck A , Roland Richard Tilz A*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.930381
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e930381
Figure 3. (A) Fluoroscopic left anterior oblique 40° view showing the abnormal position of the ablation catheter outside the cardiac silhouette. The white arrow indicates the contrast in the pericardial space after injection through the irrigation port of the ablation catheter. (B) Guidewire in the pericardial space during dry epicardial puncture procedure. (C) Ablation catheter advanced in the pericardial space to maintain occlusion of the aperture in the left ventricular wall. (D) Left ventricular angiography confirming the absence of ventricular leak.