[Color flow duplex ultrasonography is an effective alternative method].
Increasing use of percutaneous interventional cardiac and peripheral arterial procedures has resulted in high incidence of femoral pseudoaneurysms. This case report presents a 68 year-old male with a femoral pseudoaneurysms after percutaneous iliac transluminal angioplasty, who was treated with ultrasound guided compression successfully. Although surgical procedures are widely performed in Turkey, it should be kept in mind that compression therapy is effective and may present as an initial step in the management of femoral pseudoaneurysms.
Harran University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sanliurfa, Turkey. otdarcin@hotmail.com
Mehmet
M
Kurtoğlu
Murmat
M
Aksoy
Cihangir
C
Karaaslan
Aydin
A
Zilan
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex / Q000379:methods; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods