Unintended Harm and Benefit of the Implantable Defibrillator in an Unfortunate 19-Year-Old Male: Featuring a Sequence of Rare Life-threatening Complications of Cardiac Procedures
oleh: Amin Daoulah, FRCPC, Ali Ocheltree, MBBS, Amir Lotfi, FACC, Sara Ocheltree, MBBS, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, MD, MSc, FACC, Abdul-Karim Al-Habib, MBBS, Osama El-Sayed, FACC, Ali Haneef, FRCS
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2013-07-01 |
Deskripsi
All procedures have inherent risk. Our patient endured a sequence of rare life-threatening complications from commonly preformed procedures. The sequence of these complications was; large pericardial effusion post implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation with echocardiographic signs of tamponade, left main narrowing post radiofrequency ablation, and late stent thrombosis post coronary intervention with a bare metal stent. All these occurred to one unfortunate young man. Furthermore, our patient demonstrated an unintended benefit of ICD which saved his life.