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- Title
A case report of ventricular fibrillation following Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy during percutaneous coronary intervention.
- Authors
Jakobsen, Lars; Christiansen, Evald Høj; Thim, Troels
- Abstract
Background: Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy (S-IVL) is widely used during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of calcified coronary arteries. Ventricular capture beats during S-IVL are common but arrhythmias are rare. Case presentation: A 75-year-old woman was scheduled for PCI to a short, heavily calcified chronic total occlusion of the right coronary artery. After wiring of the occlusion, S-IVL was used to predilated the calcified stenosis. During S-IVL, the patient developed ventricular fibrillation twice. Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is only the second reported case of VF during S-IVL. Although very rare, it is important to be aware of this potential and serious complication.
- Subjects
PERCUTANEOUS coronary intervention; VENTRICULAR fibrillation; CHRONIC total occlusion; CORONARY artery calcification; CORONARY occlusion; ARRHYTHMIA; MYOCARDIAL infarction
- Publication
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2261
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12872-024-03894-z