Percutaneous closure of a left atrial appendage pseudoaneurysm.
Atrial dissections and pseudoaneurysms are rare complications of cardiac surgery. The authors describe the case of a patient after mitral valve replacement who presented with a left atrial appendage pseudoaneurysm. This case represents the first known closure of an atrial pseudoaneurysm with a percutaneous septal occluder device.
Yoo
Dale
D
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Robertson
Gregory
G
Block
Peter
P
Babaliaros
Vasilis
V
Lattouf
Omar
O
Pernetz
Maria-Alexandra
MA
Martin
Randolph
R
Felner
Joel
J
Lerakis
Stamatios
S
D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography