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Intramyocardial hematoma with epicardial rupture following percutaneous coronary intervention
Author(s) -
Ertan Cagatay,
Ozeke Ozcan,
Demir Ahmet Duran
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.21876
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , percutaneous coronary intervention , hematoma , myocardial infarction , perforation , complication , cardiology , surgery , artery , punching , materials science , metallurgy
Intramyocardial (or subepicardial) hematomas are uncommon conditions that occur mostly after myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery bypass surgery, cardiac surgery, or chest trauma. Coronary perforation is a rare complication of PCI and the subset of patients developing an intramyocardial hematoma, usually considered a catastrophic event, is even rarer. We describe here the case of 63‐year‐old man in whom an intramyocardial hematoma with epicardial rupture occurred after PCI. The patient was treated conservatively with a successful outcome. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2013.