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Central venous catheterization is a routine procedure performed by anesthetists. Various complications, have however, been reported during this procedure. Cardiac temponade, for one, is a rare but serious life threatening complication. Although percutaneous catheterization of central viens is a routine procedure requiring advanced operating skills, yet the monitoring, early detection and manage...

A case of right branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) due to cholesterol-containing embolus following transfemoral cardiac catheterization is reported. It is extremely rare, however, cardiologists should be alert to any thromboembolic complications during and following cardiac catheterization and choose the suitable approach (either upper extremity or transfemoral).

Introduction During the last few years, dramatic changes have taken place in the pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory. Improved noninvasive diagnostic techniques have narrowed the indications for diagnostic cardiac catheterization, and the laboratory is now increasingly being used for therapeutic procedures. Concern about the appropriateness of some applications of pediatric therapeutic...

pseudoaneurysms rarely occur as a serious complication following incomplete hemostasis of an arterial puncture site. as a result of the increase in diagnostic and therapeutic angiography, the frequency of iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm has increased as well. iatrogenic pseudoaneurysms associated with angiographic catheterization occur most commonly in the common femoral artery. here we report a case...