Delayed Pulmonary Artery Perforation With Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Hooks

Grzegorz Suwalski; Andrzej Wojnowski; Jeremi Mizerski; Leszek Gryszko

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.09.026

Delayed Pulmonary Artery Perforation With Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Hooks

Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Feb;101(2):e37-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.09.026.

Authors

Grzegorz Suwalski¹, Andrzej Wojnowski², Jeremi Mizerski², Leszek Gryszko²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: grzegorz.suwalski@wp.pl.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.

PMID: 26777968
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.09.026

Abstract

We describe a case of delayed pulmonary artery perforation with the anchoring hooks of the Amplazer Cardiac Plug (ACP) (St Jude Medical, MN), which occurred 17 days after its proper and uncomplicated implantation. The patient was successfully treated with a surgical procedure. Technologic improvement of the ACP anchoring system seems to be most rational solution necessary to eliminate the risk of the adverse event described here.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Appendage*
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Artery / injuries*
Septal Occluder Device / adverse effects*
Surgical Instruments / adverse effects
Time Factors