Table 2.

Overview of complications associated with catheter ablation in LVAD recipients

	Complication	Incidence	Reference
Minor	Groin haematoma	3.6–4.4% (4/110)	Anderson et al.62
Major	Cerebrovascular events	1.8% (2/110)	Anderson et al.62
Major	Groin/surgical repair	1.8% (2/110)	Anderson et al.62
Major	Cardiogenic shock	0.9% (1/110)	Anderson et al.62
Major	Pump thrombosis	Rare to 11%	Grinstein et al.95 Anderson et al.62
Major	Persistent atrial septal defect and right-to-left shunt	Rare	Oates et al.48 Tamura et al.96 Wang et al.97
Major	Catheter entrapment in percutaneous VAD cannula	Rare, not reported yet for LVAD	D’Angelo et al.98