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Transradial coronary angiography was complicated by a radial pseudoaneurysm presenting as a large, pulsatile wrist swelling one month later in an 81-year-old woman.
Highlights radial pseudoaneurysm as a potential delayed complication of transradial coronary angiography.
Alerts clinicians to delayed radial pseudoaneurysm after transradial access; case report leaves incidence and prevention open.
An 81-year-old woman presented with a large, painless, pulsatile swelling of the right wrist that had progressively increased in size. The patient had undergone transradial coronary angiography 1 month earlier. A diagnosis of radial pseudoaneurysm was confirmed on ultrasonography.
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Petersen et al. (2015) studied this question. Transradial coronary angiography was complicated by a radial pseudoaneurysm presenting as a large, pulsatile wrist swelling one month later in an 81-year-old woman.
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