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Percutaneous closure of aortic pseudoaneurysm by Amplatzer occluder device—Case series of six patients
Author(s) -
Hussain Jamal,
Strumpf Robert,
Wheatley Grayson,
Diethrich Edward
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.21833
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , asymptomatic , percutaneous , surgery , aneurysm , catheter , stent , complication , thoracic aorta , aorta , radiology , aortic arch
Thoracic pseudoaneurysms are rare variety of aortic disorders. Although mostly asymptomatic, they represent potentially fatal conditions (Sullivan et al., Chest 1988;93:138–143; Razzouk et al., Ann Surg 1993;59:818–823) that are traditionally treated surgically. False aneurysms of aorta are usually a late complication of previous surgical procedure (Sullivan et al., 1988)‐especially reconstructive surgery, trauma (Razzouk et al., 1993), and rarely infection (Sanchez‐Recalde et al., J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:152–154). Surgical management is often complicated by poor outcomes with high morbidity and mortality (Mulder et al., Arch Surg 1998;133:45–49). Endovascular treatment is emerging as promising options for aortic diseases with fewer complications. We report a series of six cases at a single center where Amplatzer devise was used to treat thoracic aortic pseudo aneurysm. To our knowledge only one series of three cases (Kanani et al., Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2007;69:146–153) and few case reports (Bashi et al., Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005;65:547–551) of successful closure have been published previously. Our case series is the largest, so far, including mortality and specifically the preprocedural and postprocedural CT angiographic assessment of the pseudoaneurysms. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.