Life-Threatening Rupture of a False Aneurysm after Femoral Arterial Catheterization: Unexpected Delay after a Common Procedure

Julie Renner; Pierre Pasquier; Elisabeth Falzone; Faye Rozwadowski; Stéphane Mérat

doi:10.1155/2013/403507

Case Reports in Vascular Medicine (Jan 2013)

Life-Threatening Rupture of a False Aneurysm after Femoral Arterial Catheterization: Unexpected Delay after a Common Procedure

Julie Renner,
Pierre Pasquier,
Elisabeth Falzone,
Faye Rozwadowski,
Stéphane Mérat

Affiliations

Julie Renner: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Bégin Military Teaching Hospital, 69 avenue de Paris, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France
Pierre Pasquier: Intensive Care Unit, Bégin Military Teaching Hospital, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France
Elisabeth Falzone: Intensive Care Unit, Percy Military Teaching Hospital, 92140 Clamart, France
Faye Rozwadowski: Naval Branch Health Clinic, United States Navy, Lakehurst, NJ 08733-5006, USA
Stéphane Mérat: Intensive Care Unit, Bégin Military Teaching Hospital, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/403507
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2013

Abstract

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We report the case of a 79-year-old patient who presented with a femoral iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm of delayed and unusual onset with immediately life-threatening massive bleeding. Ultrasound is the method of choice for the diagnosis of pseudo aneurysm. If there is not spontaneous closure, ultrasound-guided compression repair, minimally invasive percutaneous treatments, and surgical repair are the three therapeutic options.

Published in Case Reports in Vascular Medicine

ISSN: 2090-6986 (Print); 2090-6994 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1539

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