Author/Authors :
Gallagher، نويسنده , , Michael J. and Dixon، نويسنده , , Simon R. and Safian، نويسنده , , Robert D. and Madala، نويسنده , , Mohan and Abraham، نويسنده , , Renny and Rimar، نويسنده , , Steven D. and Mattichak، نويسنده , , Stephen J. and O’Neill، نويسنده , , William W. and Kahn، نويسنده , , Joel K.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Our objective was to evaluate the safety of percutaneous transfemoral catheterization performed by way of synthetic aortofemoral vascular grafts. Between 1994 and 2003, 123 catheterization procedures were performed using a synthetic aortofemoral graft (median graft age 2.5 years, range 4 days to 10.3 years), including 63 (51%) interventional and 60 (49%) diagnostic procedures. Adverse events related to vascular access occurred in 7 of 123 procedures (5.7%), including blood transfusion (4.1%), thrombotic occlusion (1.6%), transient limb ischemia (0.8%), and retroperitoneal hemorrhage (0.8%). No deaths, graft infections, or pseudoaneurysms occurred.
