Radial Artery Pseudoaneurysms Treated by Ultrasound-Guided Differential Compression: An Effective and Simple Method.

ABSTRACT: Transradial approach has become preferable to conventional femoral artery access for both diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. A rare but recognizable complication of radial access is radial artery pseudoaneurysm (RAp), which represents a potentially catastrophic complication. Treatment options comprise ultrasound (USG)-guided manual compression or thrombin injection or surgical correction. In this case series, we report four cases of RAps that we encountered at a single tertiary care center from July 2015 to January 2018. We compressed the radial artery using a sphygmomanometer cuff differentially rather than a TR band proximal to the pseudoaneurysm to treat three of them. One of the patients underwent surgical repair of the pseudoaneurysm as the locatio

SUBMITTER: Palaparti R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6686609 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature