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Case Reports
. 2010 Mar;22(3):E44-6.

Successful interventional treatment of a retrosternal pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta with an Amplatzer Vascular Plug II

Werner Scholtz  1 , Smita Jategaonkar, Nikolaus A Haas
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  • PMID: 20197590
Case Reports

Successful interventional treatment of a retrosternal pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta with an Amplatzer Vascular Plug II

Werner Scholtz et al. J Invasive Cardiol. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysm of the aorta is a rare, but potentially dangerous complication after cardiac surgery, trauma or infective aortitis. Potential fatal risk of rupture with severe hemorrhage exists, so that treatment is necessary. Surgical management carries a high morbidity and mortality rate. Using an endovascular transcatheter method seems to be a promising option for treatment of aortic pseudoaneurysms. We report a case of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm, which was diagnosed 11 years after cardiac surgery and treated successfully by implantation of an Amplatzer Vascular Plug II.

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