Identifying and treating femoral artery pseudoaneurysms following invasive cardiac procedures.
Advances in interventional cardiology offer new choices for patients with coronary artery disease. Unfortunately, these new procedures are associated with complications, such as femoral artery pseudoaneurysms. Accurate and timely vascular assessments by adult health nurses can detect this problem and result in prompt treatment, sometimes including ultrasound-guided compression.
Kienast
J
J
University of Rochester, NY, USA.
Fitzgerald
D
D
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000451:nursing*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D014463:Ultrasonography