Early hyperbaric oxygen therapy for cerebral air embolism during atrial fibrillation ablation.
Taner UlusErdi BabayiğitEzgi ÇamlıÖzlem AykaçZehra Uysal KocabaşAtilla Özcan ÖzdemirErdinç ErcanPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2018)
Cerebral air embolism is a potentially life-threatening complication of left-sided ablation procedures. We present a 51-year-old woman with cerebral air embolism during atrial fibrillation cryoballoon ablation. Taking a deep breath while removing the dilatator was the most likely mechanism in our case. The patient was successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy at early stage and was discharged without any neurological sequelae.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- left atrial
- early stage
- left atrial appendage
- radiofrequency ablation
- cerebral ischemia
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- brain injury
- cerebral blood flow
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- blood brain barrier
- mesenchymal stem cells
- stem cells
- left ventricular
- lymph node
- replacement therapy