Rare Complication of Endoscopic Variceal Therapy: Wide-Complex Tachycardia Associated With Embolization of Glue and Coil.

ABSTRACT: We present the case of a woman with upper gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to gastric varices requiring endoscopic cyanoacrylate glue and coil embolization. The procedure was complicated by regular, wide-complex tachycardia, with further investigation revealing cardiopulmonary migration of the glue and coil. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

SUBMITTER: Guber K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9175143 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature