Percutaneous coil embolization of a post-traumatic left anterior descending coronary artery pseudoaneurysm: a case report

Coronary PSA results from the dissection of at least one layer of the vessel wall leading to blood extravasation. Although they are usually associated with PCI complications, the absence of haemopericardium in prior imaging makes the recent blunt chest trauma the most likely cause of this patient's presentation. Percutaneous coiling of inflow vessels to PSAs proved to be a suitable option in this case of a patient with a history of sternotomy and an expanding pericardial haematoma.