PCI Complications: Arrhythmias and Cardiac Arrest

Editors-In-Chief:Alexandra Almonacid M.D. [mailto:aalmonacid@partners.org] and Jeffrey J. Popma M.D. [mailto:jpopma@partners.org]


 * VPB most common, Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation
 * Secondary to catheters, wires and pacing catheters in the chambers
 * Contrast injections into the right coronary artery (prolonged, damped, prolonged QT interval)
 * Prolonged ischemia due to guiding catheter dampening
 * Bradyarrhythmias
 * Most often secondary to injections (cough, cough, cough…)
 * Vasovagal – treat with fluids and atropine