Key result
Ultrasound-guided compression is linked to ~55% higher pseudoaneurysm occlusion vs bandages, but lacks net benefit.
Why the study?
The optimal therapeutic intervention for pseudoaneurysm after cardiac catheterization and their associated complications and sequelae were not well characterized.
Population
86 patients with pseudoaneurysm after diagnostic cardiac catheterization in 8,715 patients
Comparison
Ultrasound guided compression (UGC) vs repeated compression bandages (CB)
Design
Cohort study
Authors
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Ultrasound-guided compression may outperform bandages for post-catheterization pseudoaneurysms; leaves open need for randomized trials.
Cohort (n=86)
Absolute Event Rate: 87% vs 56%
p-value: p=0.016
Zahn et al. (1997) conducted a cohort in Pseudoaneurysm after diagnostic cardiac catheterization (n=86). Ultrasound guided compression (UGC) vs. Compression bandages (CB) was evaluated on Occlusion of the pseudoaneurysm (p=0.016). Ultrasound guided compression achieved higher pseudoaneurysm occlusion rates than compression bandages (87% vs 56%, P=0.016), but was not superior due to complications after secondary surgery.
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