Femoral artery pseudoaneurysm as a complication of angioplasty. How can it be prevented?
Femoral pseudoaneurysm is a common complication of repeated femoral puncture during cardiac catheterisation. We describe here the development of femoral pseudoaneurysms in a patient with Takayasu's arteritis, which healed in response to conservative treatment, and review the literature on the prevention and treatment of femoral pseudoaneurysm.
Department of Cardiology , Medical College Trivandrum , Trivandrum, Kerala , India.
Prabha Nini
PN
Gupta
Department of Cardiology , Medical College Trivandrum , Trivandrum, Kerala , India.
Abdul
A
Salam Basheer
Department of Cardiology , Medical College Trivandrum , Trivandrum, Kerala , India.
Gireesh Gomaty
GG
Sukumaran
Department of Cardiology , Medical College Trivandrum , Trivandrum, Kerala , India.
Sabin
S
Padmajan
Department of Cardiology , Medical College Trivandrum , Trivandrum, Kerala , India.
Satheesan
S
Praveen
Department of Cardiology , Medical College Trivandrum , Trivandrum, Kerala , India.
Praveen
P
Velappan
Department of Cardiology , Medical College Trivandrum , Trivandrum, Kerala , India.
Bigesh Unnikrishnan
BU
Nair
Department of Cardiology , Medical College Trivandrum , Trivandrum, Kerala , India.
Sandeep Govindan
SG
Nair
Department of Radiodiagnosis , Medical College Trivandrum , Trivandrum, Kerala , India.
Usha Kumari
UK
Kunjuraman
Department of Cardiothoracic surgery , Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences , Trivandrum, Kerala , India.
Unnikrishnan
U
Madthipat
Department of Interventional Radiology , Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum , Trivandrum, Kerala , India.
Jayadevan
J
R