title: Left atrial wall hematoma as a consequence of percutaneous coronary angioplasty.
abstract: Intramural left atrial dissection and hematoma as a complication of a coronary stenting procedure is a very rare entity. We report the case of a 73-year-old man who underwent percutaneous coronary angioplasty for a severe stenosis of the left circumflex coronary artery, complicated by a left atrial intramural hematoma, and was successfully treated with via a minimally invasive port-access surgical approach.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy. gd.cresce@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Giovanni Domenico
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Cresce
authors.forename: Diletta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peluso
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panfili
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Favaro
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cannarella
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Picichè
authors.forename: Loris
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salvador
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male