Dislodgement of an Amplatzer occluder device causing iatrogenic pulmonary embolism in a patient with post-infarction ventricular septal defect.
Sorgente
Antonio
A
Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Vio Tesserete 48, Lugano, Switzerland.
Pedrazzini
Giovanni B
GB
Faletra
Francesco F
FF
Moccetti
Tiziano
T
Auricchio
Angelo
A
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*