Radial Artery Embolism: A Rare Complication of Angioplasty

J Invasive Cardiol. 2016 Aug;28(8):E73-4.

Abstract

We present a 55-year-old man with multivessel coronary artery disease previously treated with stenting of the left main, left anterior descending, right coronary, circumflex, and first diagonal branch. He was diagnosed with in-stent restenosis of a diagonal branch, but treatment was complicated by radial artery coronary embolism, which is a rare complication of radial intervention.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abciximab
  • Angiography / methods
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary* / adverse effects
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary* / instrumentation
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary* / methods
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / administration & dosage*
  • Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / adverse effects*
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / methods
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis
  • Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
  • Coronary Restenosis* / diagnosis
  • Coronary Restenosis* / drug therapy
  • Coronary Restenosis* / surgery
  • Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology
  • Embolectomy / methods*
  • Embolism* / diagnosis
  • Embolism* / etiology
  • Embolism* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / administration & dosage*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radial Artery* / diagnostic imaging
  • Radial Artery* / surgery
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stents
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Anticoagulants
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
  • Abciximab