The development of ventricular fibrillation as a complication of pericardiectomy in 16 dogs.
Joseph S RaleighPhilipp D MayhewLance C VisserMilan MilovancevCharles A KuntzLuca FormagginiHsien-Chieh ChiuOwen T SkinnerJaron H NaimanMichelle L OblakJonathan F McAnultyChristopher L HoffmanMichael BrücknerAmeet SinghPublished in: Veterinary surgery : VS (2022)
Surgeons must be aware of the risk of VF during pericardial surgery. Electrosurgery might need to be used judiciously during pericardiectomy, particularly in dogs exhibiting cardiac arrythmias.