Transcatheter repair of iatrogenic left ventricular free-wall perforation

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2006 Dec;68(6):829-31. doi: 10.1002/ccd.20847.

Abstract

Left ventricular free-wall perforation can complicate catheter-based diagnostic or interventional procedures and may require immediate needle pericardiocentesis followed by surgical repair in about 20% of the cases. We describe the transcatheter closure of a left ventricular free-wall perforation as an option in the event of maintained access to the perforation site after defect creation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
  • Heart Ventricles / injuries*
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / adverse effects
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Pericardial Effusion / etiology