Treatment of inadvertent subclavian artery cannulation with a percutaneous vascular closure device

Junbo Zhang; Ying Lv; Hongyan Tian

doi:10.1016/j.jimed.2019.10.009

Treatment of inadvertent subclavian artery cannulation with a percutaneous vascular closure device

J Interv Med. 2019 Oct 23;2(4):164-165. doi: 10.1016/j.jimed.2019.10.009. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

Junbo Zhang¹, Ying Lv², Hongyan Tian¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Peripheral Vascular Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of the Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shannxi Province, No. 277 Yanta West Road, Xi'an, 710061, People's Republic of China.
² Department of Cardiovascular Disease, The Third Affiliated Hospital of the Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University/Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Shannxi Province, No. 256 Youyi West Road, Xi'an, 710068, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

Inadvertent puncture of the subclavian artery is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication of the commonly performed internal jugular vein catheterization. We report a case of accidental subclavian artery catheterization close to the vertebral artery during internal jugular venous cannulation, which was successfully managed in the interventional suite with catheter removal and use of a vascular closure device.