title: Spontaneous closure of pseudoaneurysm after transapical aortic valve implantation.
abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation by an apical approach has been developed as an alternative to conventional aortic valve replacement. Complications with these relatively new procedures are being reported. We report a case of transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation, in which a pseudoaneurysm at the apex of the left ventricle as a complication of the procedure developed in the patient and was treated without surgery. The defect spontaneously closed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain. demirandab@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Omar A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Araji
authors.forename: María A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Martín
authors.forename: Emiliano A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Caulo
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Barquero
authors.forename: Luis F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Valenzuela
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D015897:Comorbidity; D004452:Echocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012086:Reoperation; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed