Left atrial wall hematoma as a consequence of percutaneous coronary angioplasty.

Cresce, Giovanni Domenico; Peluso, Diletta; Panfili, Marco; Favaro, Alessandro; Cannarella, Antonio; Picichè, Marco; Salvador, Loris · Ann Thorac Surg · 2012

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Intramural left atrial dissection and hematoma as a complication of a coronary stenting procedure is a very rare entity. We report the case of a 73-year-old man who underwent percutaneous coronary angioplasty for a severe stenosis of the left circumflex coronary artery, complicated by a left atrial intramural hematoma, and was successfully treated with via a minimally invasive port-access surgical approach.

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