Thrombin Injection for Treatment of Brachial Artery Pseudoaneurysm at the Site of a Hemodialysis Fistula: Report of Two Patients

Journal Article · Fri Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2000 · Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S002700010091· OSTI ID:21083587

Clark, Timothy W.I.; Abraham, Robert J ^[1]

---

1. Section of Interventional Radiology, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, 1796 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9 (Canada)

We report two patients with arteriovenous hemodialysis fistulas that were complicated by brachial artery pseudoaneurysms. Each pseudoanerysm was percutaneously thrombosed with an injection of thrombin, using techniques to prevent escape of thrombin into the native brachial artery. In one patient, an angioplasty balloon was inflated across the neck of the aneurysm during thrombin injection. In the second patient, thrombin was injected during ultrasound-guided compression of the neck of the pseudoaneurysm. Complete thrombosis of each pseudoaneurysm was achieved within 30 sec. No ischemic or embolic events occurred. This technique may be useful in treating pseudoaneurysms of smaller peripheral arteries.

• OSTI ID: 21083587
• Journal Information: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 23, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s002700010091; Copyright (c) 2000 Springer-Verlag New York Inc; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0174-1551
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ARTERIES
INJECTION
NECK
PATIENTS
THROMBIN
THROMBOSIS