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Percutaneous treatment of late‐aortic pseudoaneurysm resulting from surgical repair of aortic coarctation
Author(s) -
Aslam Mohammad Shakil,
Haddadian Babak,
Bajwa Tanvir
Publication year - 2011
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.22910
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , pseudoaneurysm , surgery , microcoil , embolization , cardiothoracic surgery , radiology , chest pain , thoracic aorta , aortography , aorta , coarctation of the aorta , aneurysm , electrical engineering , electromagnetic coil , engineering
We describe the case of a 38‐year‐old woman who presented with symptoms of chest pain and shortness of breath that had worsened over the previous 6 months and was found to have a large pseudoaneurysm (PSA) of the thoracic aorta. She underwent surgical repair of aortic coarctation at the age of 16 and a revision of her bypass graft at age 28 when she presented with hemoptysis due to aortic PSA and aortobronchial fistula. Our cardiothoracic surgical team deemed a third surgery very high risk; therefore, she was referred to us for percutaneous repair of aortic PSA. We describe the successful treatment of the PSA using a technique of microcoil embolization and Amplatzer® vascular plug (AGA Medical Corp., Plymouth, MN).© 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.