A Cath Lab Disaster: What Can We Do?
Aortic perforation is a rare and potentially fatal complication during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This Interactive CME Case presents the case of a 47-year-old man who developed cardiac tamponade secondary to iatrogenic aortic perforation during PCI-a true nightmare.
Authors
- Yuriy Stukov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5791-4554)
- Andrii Yu. Gavrylyshyn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2942-6190)
- Sergii V. Salo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5456-1418)
- Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9916-929X)
- Olena V. Levchyshyna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0276-4533)
- V. V. Lazoryshynets (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1748-561X)
Institutions
- University of Florida (US)
- Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery (UA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1705
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00