Key result
Percutaneous RFA for HCC leads to fatal cardiac tamponade from anterior cardiac vein injury.
Why the study?
Serious complications from percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma, including hemorrhagic cardiac tamponade, are rare and not well documented.
Design
Case report
Authors
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Highlights rare fatal tamponade risk from cardiac vein injury in HCC RFA; leaves open incidence and prevention strategies.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma can rarely be complicated by hemorrhagic cardiac tamponade due to cardiac vein injury.
Loh et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Hepatocellular carcinoma (n=1). Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation was evaluated. Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma caused a fatal hemorrhagic cardiac tamponade secondary to an anterior cardiac vein injury in a 56-year-old man.