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Amplatzer® Septal Occluder Device for Closure of Aortic Pseudoaneurysms by Neeraj Jolly; Ravi Kumar Garg; Jaishankar Raman; Ziyad M. Hijazi is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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We read with interest the report by Kanani et al. [1] describing the use of Amplatzer 1 1 septal occluder device in percutaneous management of pseudoaneurysms involving the thoracic aorta. We agree with their assessment that long-term follow-up is necessary to establish the efficacy of this treatment, and would like to share our experience of a similar case where the longterm result was unsatisfactory despite an apparently early success with this device. A 96-year-old man received a 28-mm Amplatzer septal occluder in early 2005 for a pseudoaneurysm involving the descending thoracic aorta (Fig. 1A). The aneurysm measured 36 mm in its largest diameter and its neck measured 24-26 mm in diameter. Deployment of the 28-mm device using a no. 11-French Hausdorf sheath was uncomplicated and the excellent device position and immediate partial obliteration of the pseudoaneurysm confirmed on angiography and by computerized tomography (Fig. 1B). A repeat CT scan 2 months later, however, revealed an increase in the size of the aneurysm. Percutaneous treatment with a stent graft was offered but declined by the elderly patient. He presented in November 2006 with abdominal pain and a repeat CT scan

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Author

Neeraj Jolly; Ravi Kumar Garg; Jaishankar Raman; Ziyad M. Hijazi

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1522-1946)

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)