Splenic artery pseudoaneurysms can be caused by pancreatitis, trauma, or operation. Traditionally, the condition has been managed through surgery; however, nowadays, transcatheter arterial embolization is performed safely and effectively. Nevertheless, several complications of pseudoaneurysm embolization have been reported, including coil migration. Herein, we report a case of migration of the ...

We report a case of a 22-year-old female who presented with pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. She was diagnosed with a right atrial mass by computed tomography and was referred to our institution for biopsy of this mass. Transcatheter biopsy was performed with intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) guidance, avoiding the need for transesophageal echocardiography or surgery to obtain the ...

The incidence of the liver tumors is increasing worldwide; concurrently liver directed therapies are also evolving rapidly. Management of these complex disease processes involves a multidisciplinary approach, hence it is imperative to understand the underlying management principles thoroughly. This overview is intended to provide an easy, step by step approach to transcatheter brachytherapy, al...

Repeat aortic valve replacement (AVR) after freestanding homograft root replacement with reimplantation of the coronary arteries is challenging and risky, especially in patients with major homograft wall calcifications. Although new transcatheter techniques for AVR may offer an alternative in structurally degenerated homografts, they are not suitable to treat endocarditis. Here, the case is rep...

INTRODUCTION Aortopulmonary window (APW), a large aortopulmonary septal defect (APSD), is a serious and rare defect within congenital heart diseases. CASE REPORT In this study, we reported an APW case with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. This patient was successfully treated by transcatheter closure with a muscular ventricular septal defect (VSD) occluder. CONCLUSION We had a succes...

BACKGROUND Surgical and transcatheter bioprosthetic valves (BPVs) in the pulmonary position in patients with congenital heart disease may ultimately fail and undergo transcatheter reintervention. Angiographic assessment of the mechanism of BPV failure has not been previously described. AIMS The aim of this study was to determine the mode of BPV failure (stenosis/regurgitation) requiring trans...

OBJECTIVE To report initial experiences with transcatheter occlusion of atrial septal defects using a new occlusion device. SUBJECTS 10 children aged 1.1 to 14.9 years. INCLUSION CRITERIA Patients with a body weight above 10 kg, normal pulmonary resistance and an indication for surgical closure of a secundum atrial septal defect, a residual tissue rim of interatrial septum surrounding the d...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement emerged ≈20 years ago and changed the landscape of structural interventional cardiology. The first experiments in animal models provided proofs of the concept and the substrate for the first percutaneous valve implantation in patients. The initial promising results in a clinical setting drew the attention of the industry and of the scientific community, an...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To assess the safety and efficacy of transcatheter closure of residual ductal flow after initial surgical ligation of the arterial duct. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Between June 2005 and December 2009, transcatheter occlusion of residual postsurgical ductus arteriosus was performed in six children. RESULTS The mean patient age was 10±5.5 years; mean post-procedural time s...

DOI: 10.5935/abc.20170118 Introduction From the earliest days of the heart surgery, the valves, when the reparation was not possible, were replaced by prosthetics using cardiopulmonary bypass. The good results of these procedures are well known. In the recent years, minimally invasive alternatives have been developed, aiming to make possible the treatment of individuals under high risk of compl...