Intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm: A rare complication of transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 550-552

  Lenders, Guy ^a   Van Schil, Paul ^a   Rodrigus, Inez ^a   Bosmans, Johan ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm; Pulsatile mass; Transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation; Ultrasound guided thrombin injection

Indexed keywords

THROMBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL ARTERY PSEUDOANEURYSM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; STERNOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; VASCULAR ACCESS; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC ARTERIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84866736331     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs188     Document Type: Article

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