Cryoballoon Breach in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Resulting in Massive Gas Emboli and Hemodynamic Compromise
Givan Pradhan, Sherif Abdalla, Michelle Clunie, Carlo Stuglin, Stephan Wardell · 2024
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Description
Givan Pradhan and co-authors report a rare accident during a heart procedure: a freezing balloon tore and flooded a patient's circulation with gas. The procedure, cryoballoon ablation, uses a cold balloon to fix the faulty signals behind atrial fibrillation and is known for a strong safety record. Their patient was a 58-year-old woman whose blood pressure dropped sharply when the breach released a large volume of gas bubbles into her blood.
Gas in the circulation can injure the brain and heart and carries a high risk of death, so the team stresses fast recognition as the key to recovery. The case shows how a device failure, however unlikely, can turn a routine treatment into an emergency within moments.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Givan Pradhan, Sherif Abdalla, Michelle Clunie, Carlo Stuglin, Stephan Wardell |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |