Open AccessSplenic infarction: A complication of cardiac catheterization
Author(s) -
Rose Michal,
Dinour Dganit,
Chisin Roland
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960150914
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , cardiac catheterization , splenic infarction , myocardial infarction , infarction , angina , surgery , cardiology , scintigraphy , spleen
Patients with extensive atherosclerosis are at increased risk of developing embolic complications during cardiac catheterization. We describe a 51‐year‐old man with unstable angina and bilateral leg claudication who developed fever and right upper abdominal pain shortly after cardiac catheterization. Liver‐spleen scintigraphy demonstrated a wedge‐shaped filling defect compatible with splenic infarction, and serial scans performed over a period of five months showed resolution of this finding. Splenic infarction tends to be under‐diagnosed, and physicians should be aware of this potentially serious complication of cardiac catheterization.