title: Endovascular treatment of PA pseudoaneurysm caused by Swan-Ganz catheter.
abstract: The following case report describes a complication of Swan-Ganz catheterization and its endovascular treatment with a single coil. Application of this particular catheter in the pulmonary artery during cardiac surgery may lead to mechanical perforation and creation of an extravascular sac, which is called a pseudoaneurysm. There are different methods that lead to tamponade or closure of the leakage. Interventional cardiology procedures are nowadays the most appropriate way of treatment of Swan-Ganz catheter induced vascular complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Coronary and Structural Heart Diseases, Institute Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Rudziński
authors.affiliation: Department of Coronary and Structural Heart Diseases, Institute Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demkow
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Institute Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Michałowska
authors.affiliation: Department of Acquired Cardiac Defects, Institute Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abramczuk
authors.affiliation: Department of Acquired Cardiac Defects, Institute Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szymański
keywords: Swan-Ganz catheter; pulmonary artery; pulmonary pseudoaneurysm; transcatheter embolization