title: [Local vascular complications after heart catheterization].
abstract: Vascular complications such as haematoma and pseudoaneurysm are a significant problem in patients undergoing arterial catheterization. Ultrasound-guided compression of the pseudoaneurysm is a non-invasive and efficient therapy. We describe two patients with rare complications. A 59-year old man died of multiple pulmonary embolism after diagnostic cardiac catheterization. A 71-year old female patient developed a deep inguinal skin necrosis after repeated local compression of a pseudoaneurysm formed after therapeutic catheterization.
authors.affiliation: Nephrologische und Kardiologische Abteilungen, Universitätsspital Bern.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rüegger
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology