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Iatrogenic Pneumohemomediastinum Mimicking Cardiac Tamponade: A Complication of Catheter Ablation Procedure |
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| Authors: | PAOLO VOCI LUIGI TRITAPEPE GIUSEPPE CRITELLI |
| Institution: | Institute of Cardiology, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy;Institute of Anesthesiology, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy |
| Abstract: | We describe a patient who developed cardiac tamponade during electrophysiological mapping aimed at ablating an atrioventricular accessory pathway. Transesophageal echocardiography showed compression of the left pulmonary veins due to pneumohemomediastinum secondary to left subclavian vein cannulation. |
| Keywords: | subclavian vein puncture catheter ablation pneumohemomediastinum transesophageal echocardiography |