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Successful embolization of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after perventricular ventricular septal defect device closure
Author(s) -
Breinholt John P.,
Rodefeld Mark D.,
Hoyer Mark H.
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.22027
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , pseudoaneurysm , cardiac catheterization , ventricle , cardiology , embolization , closure (psychology) , surgery , radiology , complication , economics , market economy
Perventricular device closure has become an important management adjunct for ventricular septal defects deemed inoperable and difficult to address in the catheterization laboratory. Complications directly related to the procedure are rarely reported, and all have been manifest in the periprocedural period. We present the case of a 6‐week‐old boy who underwent perventricular closure of a muscular ventricular septal defect and had a left ventricle pseudoaneurysm identified 10 months later during catheterization to close residual septal defects. We describe the subsequent percutaneous coil embolization of the pseudoaneurysm and clinical follow‐up. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.