Embolization of a subclavian artery aneurysm with steel coils and thrombin

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1987;10(3):134-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02577987.

Abstract

Subclavian artery aneurysms are rare lesions usually treated by surgical excision or ligation. Steel coils were used successfully to treat a rapidly enlarging subclavian aneurysm in a patient deemed unsuitable for surgery. Because of a profound, uncorrectable coagulopathy, thrombin was required to obtain effective thrombosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm / complications
  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders / complications
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders / drug therapy
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Steel
  • Subclavian Artery* / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Steel
  • Thrombin