%0 Journal Article
%T Inadvertent ascending aortic perforation after transseptal puncture: Successful treatment with an Amplatzer Duct Occluder II device
%A Eric Rosenthal
%A Shakeel A Qureshi
%A Yiming Cao
%J Archive of "Annals of Pediatric Cardiology".
%D 2019
%R 10.4103/apc.APC_153_18
%X Transseptal puncture is a routine technique to access the left atrium during catheter ablation, but carries a small risk of perforation into the pericardium or aorta. When conservative management fails, surgical repair is usually needed. We report an 81-year-old male in whom aortic root perforation occurred after transseptal puncture and was treated successfully by percutaneous deployment of an Amplatzer Duct Occluder II device
%K Aortic perforation
%K percutaneous devices
%K transseptal puncture
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6521649/