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Chronic left atrial pseudoaneurysm caused by coronary artery perforation during percutaneous coronary intervention
Author(s) -
Natasha Corballis,
Sujay Chadran,
Neil Mangrolia,
Kashif Ashraf,
Toomas Sarev,
Alisdair Ryding
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
oxford medical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2053-8855
DOI - 10.1093/omcr/omy014
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , percutaneous coronary intervention , conventional pci , complication , cardiology , myocardial infarction , perforation , angina , percutaneous , radiology , surgery , punching , materials science , metallurgy
A chronically persistent left atrial pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication of valvular surgery, trauma, myocardial infarction and endocaritis but this is the first known description of a chronic pseudoaneurysm as a complication of coronary rupture during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We report computed tomography images depicting this in the case of elective PCI in an 81-year-old gentleman for limiting angina.

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