The bleeding or bruising may be more severe than usual because many patients are put on blood thinners before the procedure to reduce the risk of blood clots forming.
Cardiac catheter ablation side effects.
Problems with cardiac ablation can include.
Damaged blood vessels if the catheter scrapes them.
Bleeding or infection at the site where your catheter was inserted damage to your blood vessels where the catheter may have scraped as it traveled to your heart puncture of your heart damage to your heart valves damage to your heart s.
Cardiac ablation carries a risk of complications including.
Other and potentially more severe side effects of cardiac ablation include pulmonary vein stenosis and perforation of cardiac tissues including veins and the walls of the heart.
Bleeding or infection where the catheter went in.