Andreas Metzner, Stephan D Reubold, Sophie Schönhofer, Bruno Reißmann, Feifan Ouyang, Laura Rottner, Ruben Schleberger, Leon Dinshaw, Julia Moser, Fabian Moser, Marc Lemoine, Paula Münkler, Shinwan Kany, Daniel Steven, Philipp Sommer, Paulus Kirchhof, Andreas Rillig
BACKGROUND: Despite continued efforts to improve the safety of catheter ablation, pericardial tamponade remains one of its more frequent, potentially life-threatening complications. Management of cardiac tamponade is not standardized and uncertainties regarding acute treatment remain. METHODS: This survey sought to evaluate the management of cardiac tamponade in German EP centers via a standardized postal questionnaire. All 341 identified German EP centers were invited to return a questionnaire on their standards for the management of cardiac tamponade...
June 17, 2022: Clinical Research in Cardiology: Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society