Why the study?
Coronary artery laceration is a rare complication of pericardiocentesis typically diagnosed invasively, and the potential of CT angiography for detailed evaluation of the bleeding site is underestimated.
Population
A 49-year-old male with distal obtuse marginal artery perforation from apical pericardiocentesis
Design
Case report
Follow-up
Seven days
Authors
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Coronary laceration after pericardiocentesis may be diagnosed by CTA; case report leaves open need for prospective validation.
CTA can be an effective diagnostic tool for identifying the exact location of coronary artery perforations following pericardiocentesis, guiding subsequent percutaneous embolization.
Ostojić et al. (2025) studied this question.
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