Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to right heart catheterization during placement of a left atrial appendage closure device

Luke Son; Mitchell Couldwell; Keshav Anand; Ziga Cizman; Tyler Smith

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2024.10.012

Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to right heart catheterization during placement of a left atrial appendage closure device

Radiol Case Rep. 2024 Oct 26;20(1):297-303. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2024.10.012. eCollection 2025 Jan.

Authors

Luke Son¹, Mitchell Couldwell², Keshav Anand³, Ziga Cizman¹, Tyler Smith¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Interventional Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
² Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
³ Summit Physician Specialists, Murray, UT, USA.

Abstract

Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms are rare. We present a case of a 78-year old female who developed a pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms causing hemoptysis after undergoing endovascular placement of a left atrial appendage occlusion device. The pulmonary arery pseudoaneurysm was treated with coil embolization.

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; False aneurysm; Left atrial appendage; Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm.

Publication types

Case Reports