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Alexandre Faraco de Oliveira1,2, Alexandre David Ribeiro1, Marcio Costa Silveira Ávila1.
Abstract
This article describes the case of an 86-year-old coronary disease patient who underwent cardiac catheterization via a left radial access. Around 16 months after the procedure, he presented with dyspnea, unrelated to effort, but associated with nocturnal hypoxia. There was a palpable thrill in the left wrist and he was diagnosed with a radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula in the left wrist. A duplex scan revealed an abnormal wave pattern and increased diastolic velocity compatible with arteriovenous fistula. The fistula was repaired surgically and the patient exhibited improvement in clinical and laboratory parameters after the procedure. Radial access is increasingly being used for cardiac catheterization, primarily because it is associated with fewer and less harmful complications than femoral access. However, complications such as arteriovenous fistula occur and can be particularly harmful in octogenarian patients.Entities:
Keywords: arteriovenous fistula; cardiac catheterization; dyspnea; percutaneous coronary intervention
Year: 2019 PMID: 31191628 PMCID: PMC6542321 DOI: 10.1590/1677-5449.008618
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Vasc Bras ISSN: 1677-5449
Figure 1Duplex scan with spectral analysis of the radial artery, proximal to the arteriovenous fistula, before surgery.
Figure 2Interoperative image of arteriovenous fistula involving the radial artery and the cephalic vein in the wrist.
Figure 3Duplex scan with spectral analysis of the radial artery, proximal of the arteriovenous fistula, after surgery.
Figura 1Duplex scan apresentando análise espectral da artéria radial, proximal à fístula arteriovenosa, antes da cirurgia.
Figura 2Transoperatório de fístula arteriovenosa da artéria radial e da veia cefálica no punho.
Figura 3Duplex scan apresentando análise espectral da artéria radial, proximal à fístula arteriovenosa, após a cirurgia.