Two cases of mediastinal hematoma after cardiac catheterization: A rare but real complication of the transradial approach.
Mediastinal hematoma is a very rare complication of cardiac catheterization, and is usually not considered in the differential diagnosis of chest pain after cardiac catheterization. However, we present two cases of mediastinal hematoma that developed after cardiac catheterization using the transradial approach.
Kyung Woo
KW
Park
Jin-Wook
JW
Chung
Sung-A
SA
Chang
Kwang-Il
KI
Kim
Woo-Young
WY
Chung
In-Ho
IH
Chae
D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography