title: Successful interventional treatment of a retrosternal pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta with an Amplatzer Vascular Plug II.
abstract: Pseudoaneurysm of the aorta is a rare, but potentially dangerous complication after cardiac surgery, trauma or infective aortitis. Potential fatal risk of rupture with severe hemorrhage exists, so that treatment is necessary. Surgical management carries a high morbidity and mortality rate. Using an endovascular transcatheter method seems to be a promising option for treatment of aortic pseudoaneurysms. We report a case of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm, which was diagnosed 11 years after cardiac surgery and treated successfully by implantation of an Amplatzer Vascular Plug II.
authors.affiliation: Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Department of Cardiology, Georgstrasse 11, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. akleemeyer@hdz-nrw.de
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Scholtz
authors.forename: Smita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jategaonkar
authors.forename: Nikolaus A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Haas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000628:therapy*; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001011:Aorta; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D016896:Treatment Outcome