Dislodgement of an Amplatzer occluder device causing iatrogenic pulmonary embolism in a patient with post-infarction ventricular septal defect

Eur Heart J. 2008 Nov;29(21):2698. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn228. Epub 2008 May 27.

Authors

Antonio Sorgente¹, Giovanni B Pedrazzini, Francesco F Faletra, Tiziano Moccetti, Angelo Auricchio

Affiliation

¹ Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Vio Tesserete 48, Lugano, Switzerland.

PMID: 18508783
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn228

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects*
Coronary Angiography
Electrocardiography
Fatal Outcome
Foreign-Body Migration / complications*
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnosis
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / therapy*
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease
Male
Myocardial Infarction / complications
Prostheses and Implants / adverse effects*
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*