Postcatheterization femoral arteriovenous fistula: endovascular treatment with N-butyl-cyanoacrylate embolization

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2006 Mar-Apr;29(2):276-8. doi: 10.1007/s00270-004-0257-4.

Abstract

We report a case of an iatrogenic femoral arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in a 67-year-old man presenting with right femoral bruit on the day after sheath removal for cardiac catheterization. This was successfully treated with embolization using N-butyl-cynoacrylate (NBCA) through a coaxial microcatheter. Transcatheter embolization of iatrogenic femoral AVFs with NBCA in selected cases may be a safe and effective treatment in the presence of long fistula tracts. It is then easy to perform in experienced hands and relatively inexpensive.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiography
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / etiology*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / therapy*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Cyanoacrylates / therapeutic use*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Femur / blood supply
  • Humans
  • Iatrogenic Disease
  • Male

Substances

  • Cyanoacrylates