Key result
Ventricular catheterization caused complete heart block in two patients with normal baseline conduction, highlighting a previously unreported risk of the procedure.
Why the study?
Can ventricular catheterization cause complete heart block in patients without pre-existing conduction abnormalities?
Can ventricular catheterization cause complete heart block in patients without pre-existing conduction abnormalities?
Ventricular catheterization carries a risk of complete heart block even in patients without pre-existing conduction abnormalities.
May warrant heightened monitoring during ventricular catheterization; leaves open incidence and predictors in normal-conduction patients.
Third-degree atrioventricular block has been well documented during ventricular catheterization of patients with underlying conduction abnormalities. Two cases reported here describe patients with normal conduction at baseline who sustained complete heart block during ventricular catheterization. Catheterizing physicians should be aware of this risk, which has not been previously reported.
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Brachfeld et al. (1990) studied this question. Ventricular catheterization caused complete heart block in two patients with normal baseline conduction, highlighting a previously unreported risk of the procedure.
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