Catheter-induced vasospasm in the right external iliac and femoral arteries during a cardiac diagnostic procedure

Ergene O., Tastan A., Seyithanoglu Y., Nazli C., Kozan O., Ergene U., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIAC IMAGING, vol.15, no.3, pp.189-193, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Doi Number: 10.1023/a:1006179113054
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIAC IMAGING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.189-193
  • Keywords: coronary angiography, catheter, femoral artery, iliac artery, vasospasm, CORONARY-ARTERY, SPASM, ANGIOGRAPHY, ANGINA
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Catheter-induced vasospasm of small caliber arteries, such as the coronary arteries, is frequently observed during cardiac catheterization, but obstruction of the large caliber arteries has not previously been reported. Here we present two cases in which femoral and external iliac arteries were totally obstructed due to spasm during diagnostic coronary angiography.