Embolization of pulmonary catheter-induced pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine the outcome of patients with pulmonary catheter-induced pulmonary artery pseudoansurysms (PSAs) treated with embolization. DESIGN: Retrospective outcomes review. SETTING: Large urban tertiary-care hospital. PATIENTS: All patients who presented to diagnostic angiography for ruptured pulmonary artery PSA caused by pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) from November 1990 to September 1995. A total of six patients were examined. INTERVENTIONS: Transcatheter embolotherapy with coils, absorbable gelatin sponges (Gelfoam), and suture material. RESULTS: These procedures were technically successful in all patients, and none had recurrent hemoptysis. Four of the six patients were discharged from the hospital. CONCLUSION: Embolotherapy is a useful alternative to surgery for some patients with PAC-induced pulmonary PSA.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm
- Catheterization, Swan-Ganz
- Embolization, Therapeutic
- Pulmonary Artery