title: Contemporary management of acute lower extremity ischemia following percutaneous coronary and cardiac interventional procedures using femoral access--a case series and discussion.
abstract: New onset of acute lower extremity ischemia following percutaneous coronary and cardiac interventional procedures using femoral access is an important clinical entity that requires emergent assessment to determine the precise etiology and institute appropriate therapy. We report four cases of this clinical event from our catheterization laboratories that serve to highlight the most frequent etiologies, the importance of immediate diagnostic angiography, and the potential for endovascular techniques to effectively manage this complication.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences at Denver, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Messenger
authors.forename: Ivan P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Casserly
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation