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Circulation, Vol 90, 1861-1865, Copyright © 1994 by American Heart Association

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New aspects in ultrasound-guided compression repair of postcatheterization femoral artery injuries

F Schaub, W Theiss, M Heinz, M Zagel and A Schomig
Erste Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universitat Munchen, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany.

BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to expand the understanding of ultrasound-guided compression repair (UGCR) of postcatheterization femoral artery injuries. METHODS AND RESULTS: In a series of 62 patients with pseudoaneurysms (n = 53) or arteriovenous (AV) fistulas (n = 9), UGCR was performed as a nonsurgical method in the treatment of postcatheterization femoral artery injuries. When the communicating channel could be visualized (43 cases), pressure was focused on it; otherwise (10 cases) the extraluminal cavity itself was compressed. In 45 cases, the elimination of flow in the pseudoaneurysm and/or the communicating channel could be achieved only with simultaneous temporary complete occlusion of the femoral artery. UGCR was successfully performed in 25 of 27 cases of false aneurysms (93%) in patients without anticoagulation and in 14 of 26 patients (54%) on anticoagulants. Three of 9 AV fistulas could be repaired by this method. No apparent correlation could be found between the therapeutic success and the size of the pseudoaneurysm or the age of the lesion. CONCLUSIONS: In patients on anticoagulants and in patients with AV fistulas, the detection of a communicating channel that could be obliterated by direct mechanical compression was discerned as a discriminant factor of success.

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