title: [Incidence and therapy of peripheral arterial vascular complications after heart catheter examinations].
abstract: We analyzed the incidence and management of major vascular complications at the arterial puncture site following diagnostic or interventional cardiac catheterization. 27387 cardiac catheterization procedures were performed for diagnostic (n = 19581) or interventional (n = 7806) purposes at our institution during a 7-year study period. A total number of 114 major vascular complications (0.42%) were identified. In 36 (0.13%) patients an arterial occlusion at the puncture site was detected, 34 patients (0.12%) had severe hematoma (blood transfusion or surgical repair necessary), 32 patients (0.12%) developed false aneurysms, 9 patients (0.03%) with av-fistulas and 3 patients (0.01%) had other complications. The following factors were predictive for a significant increase in the incidence of major vascular complications: Female gender, interventional catheterization using larger introducer sheaths and necessitating effective perioperative doses of heparine, and peripheral vascular disease. Operative repair was necessary in 62 patients (54%), 34 patients (30%) were treated conservatively. In 18 patients (17%) acute vascular occlusion could be managed by percutaneous transluminal balloon dilatation and intravascular thrombolysis of the obstruction, in 3 patients additional stent-implantation was necessary in the presence of a large occlusive dissection. Overall the rate of clinically significant major vascular complications is low. In the future a greater number of vascular complications at the entry site for cardiac catheterization will be treated with nonoperative methods (e.g. manual compression of pseudoaneurysms or catheter-based techniques for recanalization of acutely occluded vessels.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik B, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Heintzen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schumacher
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ganschow
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Schoebel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grabitz
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Vester
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leschke
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Strauer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000293:injuries; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures / Q000295:instrumentation; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Inzidenz und Therapie peripherer arterieller Gefässkomplikationen nach Herzkatheteruntersuchungen.