Left ventricular perforation during cardiac catheterization: a case report

Tamer Türk; Ahmet Hakan Vural; Yusuf Ata; Hakan Özkan

Tamer Türk¹, Ahmet Hakan Vural¹, Yusuf Ata¹, Hakan Özkan^{2 Şenol Yavuz}

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Bursa
²Department of Cardiology, Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Bursa

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The incidence of acute left ventricular perforation and cardiac tamponade as a complication of diagnostic left heart catheterization is very rare. We report myocardial perforation during left ventriculography of a patient who required emergent surgical repair.

Keywords : Cardiac catheterization; ventricular rupture; cardiac tamponade

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