Near-fatal coronary artery spasm during cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation: an unreported complication

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2014 Dec;7(6):1273-4. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.001788.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ From the Departments of Cardiology (H.L., C.P., T.C., J.S., C.-i.P., A.S.J., R.W., T.A.), Surgery (W.P.), and Anesthesiology (A.S.), University Heart Center Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany. [email protected].
² From the Departments of Cardiology (H.L., C.P., T.C., J.S., C.-i.P., A.S.J., R.W., T.A.), Surgery (W.P.), and Anesthesiology (A.S.), University Heart Center Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany.

PMID: 25516586
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.001788

No abstract available

Keywords: ablation techniques; coronary vasospasm.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vasospasm / diagnosis
Coronary Vasospasm / etiology*
Coronary Vasospasm / physiopathology
Coronary Vasospasm / therapy
Cryosurgery / adverse effects*
Electrocardiography
Hemodynamics
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Pulmonary Veins / physiopathology
Pulmonary Veins / surgery*
Risk Factors
Treatment Outcome