Percutaneous closure of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after transcatheter ventricular septal defect closure

Cardiol Young. 2020 May;30(5):743-745. doi: 10.1017/S1047951120000815. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

Abstract

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is very rare in children. Although surgery is conventional treatment, recently, percutaneous closure of pseudoaneurysms has been described. Here, we present the first case where a patient developed left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after percutaneous ventricular septal defect device closure and was treated by a second percutaneous method.

Keywords: Ventricular pseudoaneurysm; duct occluder; septal occluder; transcatheter closure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / etiology
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy*
  • Cardiac Catheterization*
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Septal Occluder Device / adverse effects
  • Treatment Outcome