Pseudo-tamponade during transvenous lead extraction

Heart Rhythm. 2015 Apr;12(4):849-50. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.12.016. Epub 2014 Dec 19.

Authors

Mouhannad M Sadek¹, Andrew E Epstein¹, Albert T Cheung¹, Robert D Schaller²

Affiliations

¹ Electrophysiology Section, Cardiovascular Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Electrophysiology Section, Cardiovascular Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: robert.schaller@uphs.upenn.edu.

PMID: 25533583
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.12.016

No abstract available

Keywords: Hypotension; Lead extraction; Right ventricular prolapse.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Catheters / adverse effects*
Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis*
Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
Device Removal* / adverse effects
Device Removal* / methods
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography / methods
Female
Hemodynamics
Humans
Hypotension* / diagnosis
Hypotension* / etiology
Hypotension* / physiopathology
Thromboembolism / etiology
Thromboembolism / prevention & control