Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to right heart catheterization during placement of a left atrial appendage closure device

Luke Son, MD; Mitchell Couldwell, MS, MBA; Keshav Anand, MD; Ziga Cizman, MD, MPH; Tyler Smith, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Jan 2025)

Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to right heart catheterization during placement of a left atrial appendage closure device

Luke Son, MD,
Mitchell Couldwell, MS, MBA,
Keshav Anand, MD,
Ziga Cizman, MD, MPH,
Tyler Smith, MD

Affiliations

Luke Son, MD: Department of Interventional Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Mitchell Couldwell, MS, MBA: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
Keshav Anand, MD: Summit Physician Specialists, Murray, UT, USA
Ziga Cizman, MD, MPH: Department of Interventional Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Tyler Smith, MD: Department of Interventional Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 1
pp. 297 – 303

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Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms are rare. We present a case of a 78-year old female who developed a pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms causing hemoptysis after undergoing endovascular placement of a left atrial appendage occlusion device. The pulmonary arery pseudoaneurysm was treated with coil embolization.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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