Percutaneous closure of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm using Amplatzer septal occluder device: the first clinical case report and literature review

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2005 Aug;65(4):547-51. doi: 10.1002/ccd.20422.

Abstract

We report the first case of the use of an Amplatzer septal occluder device to close a large ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm. The patient had a complex cardiac history with redo coronary artery bypass graft surgery, severe left ventricular dysfunction, and end-stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis. The procedure was successfully performed under fluoroscopic and 2D/3D transthoracic echocardiographic guidance. Six-week follow-up with both transthoracic echocardiography and MRI showed the device was in proper position with complete closure of the pseudoaneurysm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / diagnosis
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy*
  • Aorta / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta / surgery*
  • Aortic Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Aortic Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Echocardiography
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed