Successful angioplasty of a superficial femoral artery stenosis caused by a suture-mediated closure device

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2003 Jul-Aug;26(4):410-2. doi: 10.1007/s00270-003-2649-2.

Abstract

We report the successful angioplasty of an acute arterial narrowing after suture-mediated closure (SMC) of a femoral arterial puncture. A 75-year-old woman underwent a cerebral arteriogram via a right common femoral artery puncture. The arteriotomy site was closed with a SMC device. Four days after placement the patient complained of pain in her right calf after walking. An arteriogram 7 days after SMC showed a severe focal stenosis at the origin of the superficial femoral artery involving the presumed puncture site. The lesion was successfully treated with balloon angioplasty. The patient at 6 months was asymptomatic.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon*
  • Constriction, Pathologic / etiology
  • Constriction, Pathologic / therapy
  • Female
  • Femoral Artery*
  • Hemostatic Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Humans
  • Punctures
  • Suture Techniques / instrumentation