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Pseudoaneurysm of the common femoral vein as a late complication of right heart catheterization

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Abstract

Complications following venous punctures are unusual. We describe a case of a false common femoral vein aneurysm following right heart catheterization in a patient with systemic venous hypertension due to tricuspid regurgitation. The initial interpretation of the Doppler ultrasound study lead to a digital subtraction femoral arteriogram which was normal. Magnetic resonance venography demonstrated a femoral venous pseudoaneurysm.

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  1. Department of Radiological Sciences, Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 185 Pilgrim Rd., 02115, Boston, MA, USA

    Moises Roizental, George G. Hartnell, Laura J. Perry & Robert A. Kane

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Roizental, M., Hartnell, G.G., Perry, L.J. et al. Pseudoaneurysm of the common femoral vein as a late complication of right heart catheterization. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 17, 301–303 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00192457

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Key words

  • Aneurysm, femoral, venous
  • Angiography, complications
  • Magnetic resonance, vascular studies
  • Ultrasound, Doppler studies