Complete Heart Block Caused by the Swan-Ganz Catheter

Complete heart block was caused by passage of a Swan-Ganz catheter into the pulmonary artery of a patient with acute myocardial infarction and complete left bundle branch block. This complication could be easily treated with the prophylactic insertion of a temporary pacing catheter.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1974-03, Vol.65 (3), p.349-349
1. Verfasser:	Abernathy, William S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bundle-Branch Block - complications Bundle-Branch Block - diagnosis Cardiac Catheterization - adverse effects Heart Block - etiology Humans Male Middle Aged Monitoring, Physiologic Myocardial Infarction - complications Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis Pulmonary Artery
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Zusammenfassung:	Complete heart block was caused by passage of a Swan-Ganz catheter into the pulmonary artery of a patient with acute myocardial infarction and complete left bundle branch block. This complication could be easily treated with the prophylactic insertion of a temporary pacing catheter.
ISSN:	0012-3692 1931-3543
DOI:	10.1378/chest.65.3.349