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Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Frequency - Incidence

Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases

Evidence level/grade

Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic

XII.c

Pericardial effusion (w/wo tamponade)

Can occur late after the procedure (PMID 30279789)

Publications

Abdur Rehman K, Wazni OM, Barakat AF, Saliba WI, Shah S, Tarakji KG, Rickard J, Bassiouny M, Baranowski B, Tchou PJ, Bhargava M, Dresing TJ, Callahan TD, Cantillon DJ, Chung M, Kanj M, Irefin S, Lindsay B, Hussein AA

Life-Threatening Complications of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: 16-Year Experience in a Large Prospective Tertiary Care Cohort.

JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 2019;5(3):284-291

Li W, Sun J, Yu Y, Wang ZQ, Zhang PP, Guo K, Chen MT, Li YG

Clinical Features of Post Cardiac Injury Syndrome Following Catheter Ablation of Arrhythmias: Systematic Review and Additional Cases.

Heart, lung & circulation. 2019;28(11):1689-1696

Yamanaka T, Fukatsu T, Kamon T, Kitahara S, Ichinohe Y, Komatsu H, Hirata Y

Delayed cardiac tamponade 8 months after pulmonary vein isolation.

Journal of cardiology cases. 2017;16(1):22-25

Mugnai G, de Asmundis C, Iacopino S, Ströker E, Longobardi M, Negro MC, De Regibus V, Coutino-Moreno HE, Takarada K, Choudhury R, de Torres JPA, Storti C, Brugada P, Chierchia GB

Acute pericarditis following second-generation cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation.

Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing. 2018;51(3):279-284

Shroff GS, Guirguis MS, Ferguson EC, Oldham SA, Kantharia BK

CT imaging of complications of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.

Clinical radiology. 2014;69(1):96-102

Goossens K, Caenepeel A, De Greef Y

Delayed tamponade triggering Dressler's syndrome after pulmonary vein isolation.

Acta cardiologica. 2012;67(5):595-8