Sequential Devices Occlusion of Post-Surgical Ascending Aorta Pseudoaneurysms in a Child, Case Report-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY & CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY Abstract Pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta is an infrequent but well recognized and potentially fatal complication after cardiac surgery. This complication can develop early and late after surgery with variable presentation. We are reporting a case of pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta following cardiac surgery at the site of cardioplegia needle and aortic cannulation that were successfully managed by percutaneous catheter based-placement of two devices in two occasions with fluoroscopic and two and three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) guidance. The first device was an Amplatzer duct occluder type II at the cardioplegia needle site. The other aneurysm was located at the aortic cannulation site and was closed using an Amplatzer atrial septal occluder size 5mm. An immediate post procedure TEE and a Transthoracic Echocardiography at hospital discharge showed no residua...