Iatrogenic tibial arteriovenous fistula after Fogarty balloon catheter graft thrombectomy.

ABSTRACT: A 75-year-old male presented with an immediately threatened grade IIb acute ischemia of the left leg due to thrombosis of a femoro-infrapopliteal prosthetic bypass graft. After an urgent Computed Tomography Angiography, an urgent graft thrombectomy was performed using a 5 Fr Fogarty catheter, which had a troublesome distal passage, causing a tibial A-V fistula.

SUBMITTER: Papadoulas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8577240 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature