학술논문
Ruptured arteriovenous fistula pseudoaneurysm treatment by balloon‐assisted direct percutaneous thrombin injection.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*FALSE aneurysms
*ARTERIOVENOUS fistula
*THROMBIN
*INTRACRANIAL aneurysm ruptures
*TRANSLUMINAL angioplasty
*RUPTURED aneurysms
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ISSN
0894-0959
Abstract
We present the case of a male patient on hemodialysis with a ruptured pseudoaneurysm in a brachiocephalic arteriovenous fistula (AVF) and with edema and pain in the right arm attended to in the emergency department. An ultrasonographic scan identified a ruptured pseudoaneurysm with hemorrhagic infiltration of the arm muscular tissues. We performed a percutaneous ultrasound‐guided thrombin injection with an angioplasty balloon inflated in the lumen of the AVF achieving the pseudoaneurysm thrombosis. After 6 months of follow‐up, the patient's arteriovenous access remains functional. Percutaneous ultrasound‐guided thrombin injection assisted by an angioplasty balloon may be a good alternative to surgical intervention in the treatment of symptomatic growing pseudoaneurysms of the arteriovenous fistula with the benefit of preserving the vascular access. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]