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Ventricular Tachycardia and Fibrillation

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Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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Ventricular arrhythmias are potentially life threatening complications during percutaneous coronary intervention. They include ventricular premature contractions, accelerated idioventricular rhythm, ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. A number of reasons have been attributed to the genesis of these arrhythmias including ischemic injury, reperfusion injury, patient related factors and iatrogenic causes such as excessive catheter manipulation, coronary artery dissection, coronary air embolism, contrast mediated etc. Understanding the risk factors and planning ahead, coupled with prompt management, can reduce the impact of these arrhythmias during PCI.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK

    Sirohi Rohit MBBS, MRCP

  2. Department of Cardiology, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, Derbyshire, UK

    Kamal Chitkara MBBS, MD, MRCP

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK

    Alistair Lindsay

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    Kamal Chitkara

  3. Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK

    Carlo Di Mario

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Rohit, S., Chitkara, K. (2016). Ventricular Tachycardia and Fibrillation. In: Lindsay, A., Chitkara, K., Di Mario, C. (eds) Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4959-0_12

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