Severe acute kidney injury related to hemolysis 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 hemolysis can occur after certain procedures of PFA. AKI 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 hemolysis.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
atrial fibrillation
red blood cell
cardiac surgery
early onset
catheter ablation
coronary artery
heart failure
drug induced
left atrial
minimally invasive
percutaneous coronary intervention
oral anticoagulants
left atrial appendage
coronary artery disease
mitral valve
venous thromboembolism