[Ventricular fibrillation as complication of the application of a cava-catheter (author's transl)].
We report a case of ventricular fibrillation provoked by a cava catheter. Corresponding to literature we try to demonstrate the possibility of lethal cardiac arrhythmias being provoked by the cava catheter advancing into the right heart.
D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
Kammerflimmern als Komplikation beim Legen eines Cava-Katheters