Open AccessManagement of iatrogenic brachial artery pseudoaneurysm
Author(s) -
Serkan Burç Deşer
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of the cardiovascular academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2405-819X
pISSN - 2405-8181
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijcac.2017.05.010
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , brachial artery , surgery , radiology , cardiology , aneurysm , blood pressure
Penetrating trauma, blunt trauma, percutaneous coronary artery intervention, drug abuse and arterial gas sampling may lead to pseudoaneurysms. Pulsatile mass, bruit, and adjacent nerve injury are the main clinical findings. Open surgery and percutaneous interventions and ultrasound-guided compression can be performed for the treatment. External compression should be applied to the brachial artery site for at least 10 min after the sheath was withdrawn for patients who underwent percutaneous coronary artery intervention. Here, we present a 55-year-old male who had an iatrogenic brachial artery pseudoaneurysm on his left upper arm