title: Percutaneous closure of aortic pseudoaneurysm by Amplatzer occluder device-case series of six patients.
abstract: Thoracic pseudoaneurysms are rare variety of aortic disorders. Although mostly asymptomatic, they represent potentially fatal conditions (Sullivan et al., Chest 1988;93:138-143; Razzouk et al., Ann Surg 1993;59:818-823) that are traditionally treated surgically. False aneurysms of aorta are usually a late complication of previous surgical procedure (Sullivan et al., 1988)-especially reconstructive surgery, trauma (Razzouk et al., 1993), and rarely infection (Sanchez-Recalde et al., J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:152-154). Surgical management is often complicated by poor outcomes with high morbidity and mortality (Mulder et al., Arch Surg 1998;133:45-49). Endovascular treatment is emerging as promising options for aortic diseases with fewer complications. We report a series of six cases at a single center where Amplatzer device was used to treat thoracic aortic pseudo aneurysm. To our knowledge only one series of three cases (Kanani et al., Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2007;69:146-153) and few case reports (Bashi et al., Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005;65:547-551) of successful closure have been published previously. Our case series is the largest, so far, including mortality and specifically the preprocedural and postprocedural CT angiographic assessment of the pseudoaneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Arizona Heart Hospital, Arizona Heart Institute, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA. xnorbeht@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Strumpf
authors.forename: Grayson
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wheatley
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diethrich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001027:Aortography; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional