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H. J. Swan, W. Ganz, J. Forrester, H. Marcus, G. Diamond and D. Chonette, “Catheterisation of Heart in Man with Use of a Flow-Directed Balloon Tipped Catheter,” The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 283, No. 9, 1970, pp. 447-451. doi:10.1056/NEJM197008272830902

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• TITLE: Story of a Little Right Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm

  AUTHORS: Melek Zekiye Ulucam

  KEYWORDS: Pseudoaneurysm; Right Ventricle; Pulmonary Artery Catheterization

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Medical Imaging, Vol.2 No.4, December 26, 2012

  ABSTRACT: Cardiac trauma caused by Swann-Ganz catheter may very rarely cause cardiac perforation, tamponade and right ventricular pseudoaneurysm. In contrast to left ventricular equivalants, pseudoaneurysms of the RV have a weak tendency to rupture. Its impact on patient outcomes should be assesed very carefully depending on its size, filling rate/capacity. It is possible not to operate the patient and follow progression of RV pseudoaneurysm by clinical and echocardiographic findings. This case is a good sample for it and describes the lifespan of a small RV pseudoaneurysm. It is not only the unique right ventricle pseudoaneurysm due to cardiac trauma caused by Swann Ganz catheter, but medically treated case without surgery and recovered completely.