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Nonsurgical Repair of Femoral Artery Pseudoaneurysm with Color Flow Guided Ultrasound Transducer Compression
Author(s) -
FENG YUNLING,
TRUITT ROBERT E.,
COGGINS TINA R.,
GURA GEORGE M.,
CONN ROBERT D.,
GOOD THOMAS H.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1996.tb00900.x
Subject(s) - pseudoaneurysm , medicine , femoral artery , radiology , transducer , ultrasound , complication , surgery , artery , aneurysm , physics , quantum mechanics
Arterial pseudoaneurysm is a significant complication following invasive angiographic procedures. A definitive diagnosis is usually obtainable with ultrasound imaging, including color flow Doppler. Treatment modalities include surgical repair or transducer directed compression. In our experience, 26 of 29 patients (89.7%) with femoral artery pseudoaneurysm were successfully treated utilizing transducer directed compression. One pseudoaneurysm thrombosed spontaneously before the procedure was completed. No complications were encountered. Our experience suggests that surgical repair is not required for most femoral artery pseudoaneurysms.