Embolization of a rubber disc from a hemostasis valve: technical note.
After coronary angioplasty, a patient experienced a sudden onset of claudication at the side of the vascular entry. Angiography demonstrated an isolated high-grade stenosis at the bifurcation of the distal popliteal artery. Thrombolysis and angioplasty were unsuccessful. Surgical exploration showed a rubber disc with attached thrombus to be the cause of obstruction.
Schroeder
J
J
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kreiskrankenhaus, Rendsburg, Germany.
Papachrysanthou
C
C
Huhmann
W
W
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery