Percutaneous coronary intervention through unintentional sheath placement in the inferior epigastric artery

Cardiovasc Interv Ther. 2013 Jan;28(1):98-100. doi: 10.1007/s12928-012-0121-4. Epub 2012 Aug 9.

Abstract

A 64 year old female underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent placement through the femoral approach. On femoral angiography after the PCI, the arterial sheath insertion site was found to be in the inferior epigastric artery and not in the common femoral artery. We used an Angioseal vascular closure device for management and there were no access site complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Stenosis / surgery*
  • Epigastric Arteries / diagnostic imaging*
  • Epigastric Arteries / surgery
  • Female
  • Femoral Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Femoral Artery / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome