Hypotension, Tachypnea, and Stridor Following Radial PCI: Solving the Conundrum.

ABSTRACT: The radial artery route is being increasingly used by interventional cardiologists as a default access site for both diagnostic and interventional coronary procedures, and although rare, serious complications can occur. We herein report a potentially catastrophic complication of radial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the form of a large mediastinal and retro-left-atrial hematoma from possible subclavian artery injury with tracheal compression and stridor in a 60-year-old female presenting with anteroseptal myocardial infarction having undergone PCI of the left anterior descending artery through right radial access and then planned for a second stage PCI of the right coronary artery. The patient was managed conservatively with close hemodynamic and echocardiographic monitoring,

SUBMITTER: Ghosh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8254154 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature