title: [A life-threatening arrhythmia (ventricular tachycardia) triggered by a Swan-Ganz catheter in a patient with the WPW syndrome].
abstract: The induction of dysrhythmias during or after pulmonary artery catheterization is a serious complication in critically ill patients. The following case presentation reports the incidence of life-threatening ventricular tachycardia after catheterisation in a patient known to have Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW)-Syndrome. The dysrhythmia began during repositioning of the patient 10 h after placement of the catheter. Attempted inversion by administration of Ajmalin was unsuccessful. Removal of the catheter resulted in prompt cessation of the dysrhythmia.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anaesthesiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bein
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Briegel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Forst
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Peter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology*; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*