Since the introduction of central venous catheterization for monitoring of the venous pressure, fluid infusion and hyperalimentation, the literature has been full of serious life-threatening complications. Of these complications is the false positioning of the central venous catheter and subsequent development of pleural effusion. In this report we are describing a case of iatrogenic massive pl...

INTRODUCTION The use of covered tibial stents extends beyond the treatment of atherosclerotic disease. Tibial artery pseudoaneurysms have traditionally been managed with open surgery; however, the endovascular option is an emerging treatment. REPORT This report describes endovascular management of an iatrogenic anterior tibial artery pseudoaneurysm using a covered stent. CONCLUSION This cas...

Background and objectives: Patients experience moderate to high level of anxiety before cardiac catheterization. This study aimed to investigate the effect of voice of Quran on anxiety before cardiac catheterization. Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 60 patients who met the inclusion criteria were conveniently sampled and randomly allocated to the experimental and control groups. In...

results there were 13 (59, 1%) male and 9 (40.9%) female patients in group 1. in group 2, there were 15 (60%) male and 10 (40%) female cases (p = 0.949). patients in both groups were matched well regarding age, body weight, height and the duration of streptokinase infusion (p < 0.05). the incidence of hematoma was higher in group 1 than group 2 (p = 0.032). the patients of group 1 required more...

Background Invasive right heart catheterization plays a central role in the investigation of patients with cardiac and pulmonary vascular disease. Physiological provocations during invasive heart catheterization augment the diagnostic yield and can provide useful prognostic information. MRI catheterization combines invasive hemodynamic measurements with MRI structural and functional evaluations...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of combined coronary and perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in the assessment of coronary artery stenosis. Thirty-five consecutive patients (27 men, eight women, age range 34-81 years), undergoing cardiac catheterization, were assessed with 3D coronary CMR and rest-stress perfusion CMR. Significant coronary st...

L acerations or tears of the interatrial septum are a recognized complication of mitral valve replacement surgery; however, the first report of iatrogenic Lutembacher's syndrome was by Dr. John Ross Jr. and colleagues from the National Institutes of Health.1 Their series included three patients who had acquired mitral stenosis and developed a persistent atrial septal defect after transatrial se...

Learning Objective We have presented a rare case of iatrogenic radial AVF after PCI which was unsuccessfully treated with thrombin PE, followed by a surgical resection. Radial artery is an effective access site for coronary catheterization and PCI with additional benefits of lower incidence of postprocedural complications, shorter length of hospital stay and reduced patient costs when compared ...

OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the incidence of cholesterol embolization syndrome (CES) as a complication of cardiac catheterization and to identify risk factors associated with this disease. BACKGROUND Cholesterol embolization syndrome is a systemic disease caused by distal showering of cholesterol crystals after angiography, major vessel surgery, or thrombolysis. METHODS We prospectively e...

Postsurgical hypoparathyroidism is the most common cause of chronic hypocalcemia. This condition may occur after removal of all parathyroid glands or after interruption of the blood supply to the parathyroid glands during thyroidectomy and radical neck dissection. The severity of the clinical presentation of hypocalcemia may vary from an asymptomatic laboratory finding to a severe life-threaten...