title: Successful treatment of an iatrogenic giant femoral artery pseudoaneurysm with percutaneous thrombin injection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dong-Eui University College of Oriental Medicine, Cardiac and Vascular Center, Dong-Eui Medical Center, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Ki-Su
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jun-Mo
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Youn
authors.forename: Won-Seok
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Young-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Dong-Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Il
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rhee