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Radial artery mycotic pseudoaneurysm in a haemophiliac: a potentially fatal complication of arterial catheterization
Author(s) -
Harkin D. W.,
Connolly D.,
Chandrasekar R.,
Anderson M.,
Blair P. H.,
Hood J. M.,
Barros D'Sa A. A. B.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
haemophilia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.213
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1365-2516
pISSN - 1351-8216
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2516.2002.00664.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , radial artery , complication , cardiac catheterization , surgery , artery , radiology , cardiology
Summary. We present a case of radial artery pseudoaneurysm formation in a haemophiliac patient, which developed after radial artery cannulation. Haematologists and anaesthetists should be aware of this potentially fatal condition.