Left atrial wall hematoma as a consequence of percutaneous coronary angioplasty.

Journal: The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery
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Abstract

Intramural left atrial dissection and hematoma as a complication of a coronary stenting procedure is a very rare entity. We report the case of a 73-year-old man who underwent percutaneous coronary angioplasty for a severe stenosis of the left circumflex coronary artery, complicated by a left atrial intramural hematoma, and was successfully treated with via a minimally invasive port-access surgical approach.

Authors
Giovanni Cresce, Diletta Peluso, Marco Panfili, Alessandro Favaro, Antonio Cannarella, Marco Picichè, Loris Salvador