Iatrogenic tibial arteriovenous fistula after Fogarty balloon catheter graft thrombectomy

Iatrogenic tibial arteriovenous fistula after Fogarty balloon catheter graft thrombectomy

Abstract A 75‐year‐old male presented with an immediately threatened grade IIb acute ischemia of the left leg due to thrombosis of a femoro‐infrapopliteal prosthetic bypass graft. After an urgent Computed Tomography Angiography, an urgent graft thrombectomy was performed using a 5 Fr Fogarty cathete...

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Main Authors: Spyros Papadoulas, Konstantinos Moulakakis, Natasa Kouri, Francesk Mulita, Andreas Tsimpoukis, Charalampos Seretis, Panagiotis Kitrou, Konstantinos Katsanos, Stavros K. Kakkos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-11-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
arteriovenous fistula
fogarty thrombectomy
graft thrombectomy
iatrogenic injury
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5050
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Summary:Abstract A 75‐year‐old male presented with an immediately threatened grade IIb acute ischemia of the left leg due to thrombosis of a femoro‐infrapopliteal prosthetic bypass graft. After an urgent Computed Tomography Angiography, an urgent graft thrombectomy was performed using a 5 Fr Fogarty catheter, which had a troublesome distal passage, causing a tibial A‐V fistula.
ISSN:2050-0904

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