Transcatheter repair of a left ventricular outflow tract pseudoaneurysm
following composite aortic root replacement using an Amplatzer™ Septal
Occluder
Abstract
The emergence of endovascular techniques has enabled minimally invasive
options for repair and salvage of postoperative sequelae from complex
aortic operations. There have been few reports of percutaneous
transcatheter repair of aortic pseudoaneurysms after composite aortic
root replacement with reports of only two patients with follow-up longer
than two years. We report a case of a 35 year man who developed an
aortic root pseudoaneurysm following a composite aortic root replacement
and was successfully managed by transcatheter repair using an Amplatzer™
Septal Occluder without evidence of recurrence at two year follow-up.