Acute arterial occlusion after ultrasound-guided thrombin injection of a common femoral artery pseudoaneurysm with a wide, short neck. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Ultrasound-guided thrombin injection (UGTI) has emerged as the preferred treatment modality for pseudoaneurysms occurring as a result of percutaneous femoral arterial interventions. UGTI is safe and effective, with few complications. Native arterial thrombosis has been rarely reported in the literature following UGTI and has usually been attributed to excessive thrombin injection. We report a case of femoral arteria thrombosis occurring following UGTI of a 4 cm postcatherization pseudoaneurysm with a wide, short neck successfully treated by surgical intervention. The large size of the neck of this pseudoaneurysm likely contributed to the development of this complication.

publication date

  • March 25, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Aneurysm, False
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases
  • Femoral Artery
  • Hemostatics
  • Thrombin
  • Thrombosis
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 42749087004

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.09.018

PubMed ID

  • 18367371

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 22

issue

  • 3