Femoral Endarteritis
Infectious complications following percutaneous coronary interventions are extremely unusual, with a reported frequency of less than 1%. This report describes a patient who developed septic endarteritis as a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention and reviews the literature of this complication.
Infectious complications following percutaneous coronary interventions are extremely unusual, with a reported frequency of less than one percent. Femoral endarteritis, in particular, is very rare but is more likely to occur in patients undergoing repeat puncture in the same groin, in those who have had a sheath left in place for an extended period of time, and in those with groin bleeding or hematoma. We report a case of septic femoral endarteritis occurring after a coronary intervention in a patient without these characteristics.
Infectious complications following percutaneous coronary interventions are extremely unusual, with a reported frequency of less than 1%. This report describes a patient who developed septic endarteritis as a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention and reviews the literature of this complication.
Infectious complications following percutaneous coronary interventions are extremely unusual, with a reported frequency of less than one percent. Femoral endarteritis, in particular, is very rare but is more likely to occur in patients undergoing repeat puncture in the same groin, in those who have had a sheath left in place for an extended period of time, and in those with groin bleeding or hematoma. We report a case of septic femoral endarteritis occurring after a coronary intervention in a patient without these characteristics.