Pulmonary Artery Perforation by Plug Anchoring System After Percutaneous Closure of Left Appendage Giacomo Bianchi, MD, Marco Solinas, MD, Tommaso Gasbarri, MD, Stefano Bevilacqua, MD, Kaushal Kishore Tiwari, MD, Sergio Berti, MD, Mattia Glauber, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 96, Issue 1, Pages e3-e5 (July 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.057 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Angiography showing appendage measures (A, B, C) for AGA plug (AGA Medical Corp, Minneapolis, MN) choice. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, e3-e5DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.057) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Angiography after deployment, showing complete exclusion of the left atrial appendage. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, e3-e5DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.057) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Intraoperative view of the left atrial appendage (LAA) and pledgets of repaired pulmonary artery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, e3-e5DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.057) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Predischarge computed tomography scan showing relationship between the plug, the main pulmonary artery (PA), and pledgets. (Ao = ascending aorta; LA = left atrium.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, e3-e5DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.057) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions