title: Successful Retrieval of an Embolized Vascular Closure Device (Angio-Seal®) After Peripheral Angioplasty.
abstract: A 55-year-old male with peripheral arterial disease underwent angioplasty of the right lower limb arteries via antegrade femoral access. Angio-Seal®closure device was used to treat the puncture site, whereby the intravascular sealing anchor accidentally embolized into the malleolar region of the right posterior tibial artery. Successful retrieval of the anchor was accomplished by a SpiderFX embolic protection device. This technique may be a useful approach to retrieve embolized foreign bodies via endovascular access.
authors.affiliation: Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria. philipp.jud@medunigraz.at.
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0832-1322
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jud
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Rupert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Portugaller
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bohlsen
authors.affiliation: Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gary
authors.affiliation: Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brodmann
authors.affiliation: Division of Intensive Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hackl
authors.affiliation: Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hafner
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D065506:Vascular Closure Devices
keywords: Endovascular embolectomy; Foreign body embolism; Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; Peripheral artery disease; Vascular closure devices