Associated with percutaneous catheterization of veins and arteries |
Pain |
Adverse drug reaction |
Infection/abscess at the catheterization site, sepsis |
Excessive bleeding, hematoma formation |
Thrombophlebitis |
Pulmonary thromboembolism |
Arterial damage, aortic dissection |
Systemic thromboembolism |
Transient ischemic attack/stroke |
Associated with intracardiac catheters and programmed cardiac stimulation |
Cardiac chamber or coronary sinus perforation |
Hemopericardium, cardiac tamponade |
Atrial fibrillation |
Ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation |
Myocardial infarction |
Right or left bundle branch block |
Associated with transcatheter ablation |
Complete heart block |
Thromboembolism |
Vascular access problems (bleeding, infection, hematoma, vascular injury) |
Cardiac trauma (myocardial perforation, tamponade, valvular damage) |
Coronary artery thrombosis/myocardial infarction |
Cardiac arrhythmias |
Pericarditis |
Pulmonary vein stenosis |
Phrenic nerve paralysis |
Radiation skin burns |
Possible late malignancy |
Atrioesophageal fistula |
Death resulting from one of the above complications |
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