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Europace Advance Access originally published online on March 5, 2009
Europace 2009 11(5):667-668; doi:10.1093/europace/eup052
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2009. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

CASE REPORTS

Intramural left atrial haematoma mimicking cardiac tamponade after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Christian Kurek*, Marianne Gwechenberger, Bernhard Richter, Thomas Binder, Christian Loewe and Heinz Gössinger

Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18–20, 1090 Vienna, Austria

Catheter ablation is an established treatment modality for patients with drug refractory atrial fibrillation (AF). This procedure carries a 6% major complication rate including cardiac tamponade due to cardiac perforation. We report on a patient with clinical signs of cardiac tamponade due to a diffuse intramural left atrial haematoma obstructing left ventricular filling after catheter ablation of AF.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +49 355 46 25 76, Email: christian.kurek{at}freenet.de


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