Pulmonary Embolism as a Complication after radiofrequency catheter ablation Study: A Case Report

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

Pulmonologist, Lung Diseases Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is a fatal condition that may rarely occur due to complications of coronary catheter insertion. In this case report, a 41-year-old male was presented 48 hours after radiofrequency catheter ablation(RFCA) for the management of Wolf-Parkinson-White syndromewith acute onset of dyspnea, hemoptysis, and chest pain. The physical examination revealed coarse crackles in the base of left hemithorax and laboratory tests were normal. The patient was suspicious for PTE based on clinical symptoms and the history ofRFCA. Diagnosis was confirmed by computed tomography angiography of lungs. Patient symptoms improved after 3 months of treatment with warfarin

Keywords

References

  1. Nagamalesh UM, Prakash VS, Naidu KC, Sarthak S, Hegde AV, Abhinay T. Acute pulmonary thromboembolism: Epidemiology, predictors, and long-term outcome – A single center experience. Indian Heart J. 2017;69:160-4.
  2. Bĕlohlávek J, Dytrych V, Linhart A. Pulmonary embolism, part I: epidemiology, risk factors and risk stratification, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism. Exp Clin Cardiol. 2013;18:129-38.
  3. Carson JL, Kelley MA, Duff A, Weg JG, Fulkerson WJ, Palevsky HI, et al. The clinical course of pulmonary embolism. N Engl J Med. 1992;326:1240-5.
  4. Fernando SM, Munene PM, Pena E. Iatrogenic pulmonary air embolism. CMAJ. 2017;189:E1069.
  5. Stein PD, Beemath A, Olson RE. Trends in the incidence of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis in hospitalized patients. Am J Cardiol. 2005;95:1525-6.
  6. Kivrak T, Durmus E, Atas H, Sunbul M, Sari I. A rare case of acute pulmonary embolism after coronary angiography due to sand bag compression. Int J Angiol. 2013;22:255-8.

       7.   Konstantinides SV, Barco S, Lankeit M, Meyer G. Management of pulmonary embolism: an                      update. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67:976-90. 

Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 4
December 2019
Pages 554-556

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics