An Unexpected Complication During Cardiac Catheterization

An Unusual Cause of Cardiac Tamponade during Cardiac Catheterization Study

Introduction. Catheter-based diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are rapidly advancing. However, catheter related complications sometimes become life threatening. Cardiac tamponade is a rare but serious complication of this procedure. We have summarized one cardiac tamponade pejoration due to secondary coronary vessels laceration by the implanted pericardial drainage. Case report. A 4-year-ol...

Patient Safety During Cardiac Catheterization

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The Brockenbrough Transseptal Catheterization: an Unusual Complication.

Cholesterol emboli syndrome--a rare complication of cardiac catheterization.

We are reporting the case of a 57 years old male, hypertensive, diabetic, dyslipidaemic who presented with exertional angina. He had a coronary artery bypass surgery, one year ago. He underwent left heart catheterization with graft study which showed critical native triple vessel disease with patent arterial graft to left anterior descending and occluded venous grafts to obtuse marginal and rig...

Pectoral muscle hematoma: A rare complication of transradial cardiac catheterization

compared to transfemoral access, but detection and management of these complications are not well defined. We presented two unusual cases of pectoral muscle hematoma after transradial coronary angioplasty. The first case was a male patient who had undergone angiography through the left radial artery. Advancing to the aortic arch through the axillary artery was challenging and was performed by c...