Complete heart block complicating retrograde left-heart catheterization of patients with cardiac allografts

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1992 Jul;26(3):219-23. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810260311.

Abstract

The development of complete heart block during left-sided cardiac catheterization is an uncommon event. We describe three cases of complete heart block complicating left-sided cardiac catheterization of patients with cardiac allografts. Review of the cases performed at our institution suggests that complete heart block during left-sided catheterization may be more common in patients with cardiac allografts.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Block / diagnosis
  • Heart Block / epidemiology
  • Heart Block / etiology*
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged