Pulmonary artery perforation repair during thrombectomy using microcoil embolization.
A distal pulmonary artery perforation was successfully occluded by percutaneous microcoil embolization via a microcatheter. Microcoil embolization is a reasonable alternative therapeutic approach for this rare complication of pulmonary interventional procedures.
Department of Radiology/Center for Advanced Medical Technology, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan. h-tajima@nms.ac.jp
Hiroyuki
H
Tajima
Satoru
S
Murata
Tatsuo
T
Kumazaki
Yutaka
Y
Abe
Teruo
T
Takano
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*