Severe acute kidney injury related to haemolysis after pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation.

Sandrine Venier Nathan VaxelairePeggy JaconAdrien Carabelli Antoine Desbiolles Frederic Garban Giovanni Rovaris

Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2024)

Intravascular haemolysis can occur after certain procedures of PFA. Acute kidney injury is a phenomenon that appears to be very rare after a PFA procedure. However, caution must be exercised in the number of applications to avoid severe haemolysis.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
cardiac surgery
atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
early onset
coronary artery
drug induced
heart failure
left atrial appendage
oral anticoagulants
percutaneous coronary intervention