Successful treatment of an iatrogenic giant femoral artery pseudoaneurysm with percutaneous thrombin injection.
A femoral artery pseudoaneurysm (FAP) is one of the most troublesome complications following invasive procedures related to the femoral arterial access. Post-procedure FAP rarely occurs; however, its occurrence tends to increase with the more frequently antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants, and larger-sized catheter used for interventional procedures. Traditionally, surgical repair has been considered as the standard treatment modality for FAP; however, less invasive methods currently exist such as blind manual or ultrasound-guided compression repair (UGCR) as well as percutaneous thrombin injection, both of which have replaced the need for surgery. We report a case of a giant pseudoaneurysm in a femoral artery, which had developed as a complication of stenting in a patient with carotid artery stenosis and ischemic heart disease, and was subsequently successfully treated using percutaneous thrombin injection.
Kim
Ki-Su
KS
Department of Medicine, Dong-Eui University College of Oriental Medicine, Cardiac and Vascular Center, Dong-Eui Medical Center, Busan, Korea.
Youn
Jun-Mo
JM
Han
Won-Seok
WS
Yoon
Young-Jin
YJ
Yoo
Jae-Hoon
JH
Gu
Dong-Young
DY
Rhee
Il
I