title: Massive Bleeding from Guidewire Perforation of an External Iliac Artery: Treatment with Hand-made Stent-Graft Placement.
abstract: We report life-threatening bleeding from an external iliac artery perforation following guidewire manipulation in a patient with atherosclerotic iliac artery disease. This complication was successfully managed by indigenous hand-made stent-graft made from two peripheral stents in the catheterization laboratory.
authors.affiliation: G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India. drvimalmehta@yahoo.co.in.|Room No. 133, Department of Cardiology, G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, New Delhi, 110002, India. drvimalmehta@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Vimal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.affiliation: G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Bhagya Narayan
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Pandit
authors.affiliation: G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Pratishtha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mehra
authors.affiliation: G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Arima
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nigam
authors.affiliation: G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Aniruddha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.affiliation: G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yusuf
authors.affiliation: G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Saibal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.affiliation: G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Trehan
mesh_terms: D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Iliac artery rupture; Retroperitoneal hematoma; Stent-graft