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Learning from errors
CASE REPORT
Large pectoral haematoma post-transradial catheterisation: an unusual but avoidable complication
  1. Ajay Sharma,
  2. Satyam Rajvanshi,
  3. Tarun Kumar,
  4. Neeraj Pandit
  1. Department of Cardiology, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Satyam Rajvanshi, drrajvanshi.cardiology{at}gmail.com

Summary

Large pectoral haematoma is an extremely rare complication of transradial catheterisation. Branch or main vessel injury due to luminal passage of guidewires and catheters may lead to bleeding and haematoma formation at adjacent sites along the vessel track. We present a 53-year-old post-transradial catheterisation patient, who complained of chest pain due to right axillary artery branch perforation causing haematoma, which was emergently managed by embolisation with autologous coagulated blood.

  • interventional cardiology
  • cardiovascular system
  • interventional radiology

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221088

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors Conception or design of the work: AS, SR, TK, NP. Data collection, analysis and interpretation: SR. Drafting the article: SR. Critical revision of the article: AS, SR, TK, NP. Final approval of the version to be published: AS, SR, TK, NP. Guarantor: AS, SR, TK, NP.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.