Femoral endarteritis as a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention.
Infectious complications following percutaneous coronary interventions are extremely unusual, with a reported frequency of less than 1%. This report describes a patient who developed septic endarteritis as a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention and reviews the literature of this complication.
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Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Division of Cardiology, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
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D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy; D004692:Endarteritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D015607:Stents