title: Successful angioplasty of a superficial femoral artery stenosis caused by a suture-mediated closure device.
abstract: We report the successful angioplasty of an acute arterial narrowing after suture-mediated closure (SMC) of a femoral arterial puncture. A 75-year-old woman underwent a cerebral arteriogram via a right common femoral artery puncture. The arteriotomy site was closed with a SMC device. Four days after placement the patient complained of pain in her right calf after walking. An arteriogram 7 days after SMC showed a severe focal stenosis at the origin of the superficial femoral artery involving the presumed puncture site. The lesion was successfully treated with balloon angioplasty. The patient at 6 months was asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0030, USA. gemmete@umich.edu
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gemmete
authors.forename: Narasimham
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dasika
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Forauer
authors.forename: Kyung
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D011677:Punctures; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation