Annals of Pediatric Cardiology (Jan 2019)

Inadvertent ascending aortic perforation after transseptal puncture: Successful treatment with an Amplatzer Duct Occluder II device

  • Yiming Cao,
  • Eric Rosenthal,
  • Shakeel A Qureshi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/apc.apc_153_18
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2
pp. 138 – 140

Abstract

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Transseptal puncture is a routine technique to access the left atrium during catheter ablation, but carries a small risk of perforation into the pericardium or aorta. When conservative management fails, surgical repair is usually needed. We report an 81-year-old male in whom aortic root perforation occurred after transseptal puncture and was treated successfully by percutaneous deployment of an Amplatzer Duct Occluder II device.

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