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Postcatheterization femoral arteriovenous fistula: endovascular treatment with N-butyl-cyanoacrylate embolization.

Onal B, Ilgit ET, Akpek S, Coskun B

Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Besevler, Ankara, 06510, Turkey. baranonal@gazi.edu.tr

We report a case of an iatrogenic femoral arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in a 67-year-old man presenting with right femoral bruit on the day after sheath removal for cardiac catheterization. This was successfully treated with embolization using N-butyl-cynoacrylate (NBCA) through a coaxial microcatheter. Transcatheter embolization of iatrogenic femoral AVFs with NBCA in selected cases may be a safe and effective treatment in the presence of long fistula tracts. It is then easy to perform in experienced hands and relatively inexpensive.

Published 10 February 2006 in Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol, 29(2): 276-8.
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