Percutaneous thrombin injection for treatment of iatrogenic femoral artery pseudoaneurysms: A case for caution

Angiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 372-375

  Ohlow, Marc Alexander ^a   Secknus, Maria Anna ^a   Von Korn, Hubertus ^a   Weiss, Reginald ^b   Lauer, Bernward ^a  

^a Klinik fur Kardiologie   (Germany)

^b Zentralklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterization; Femoral artery; Pseudoaneurysm; Thrombin injection

Indexed keywords

THROMBIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ANEURYSM, FALSE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBIN;

EID: 44849092117     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707304575     Document Type: Article

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