Ruptured Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer Repaired With an Amplatzer Atrial Septal Occluder
Kyle J Clay1, William F Campbell2, Catherine E Lowe2
1Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Cureus
|May 18, 2023
Abstract:
Ascending aortic pseudoaneurysms are an infrequent but life-threatening complication of cardiac and aortic surgery. Although rare, these pseudoaneurysms can form as a complication of penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers. We report a case of a ruptured penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer repaired percutaneously with an Amplatzer Atrial Septal Occluder (Abbott, Plymouth, MN, USA).
Keywords:
amplatzer septal occluderaortacardiovascular diseasecomputed tomographyheart tamponadepenetrating aortic ulcerperipheral arterial diseasespseudoaneurysm

