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- Title
Iatrogenic arteriovenous fistula in the groin presenting as cardiac failure.
- Authors
Thavarajan, Devan; Bakran, Ali
- Abstract
A patient presented with cardiac failure and investigations revealed a right femoral arteriovenous fistula (AVF) 5 weeks after the insertion of a femoral dialysis catheter for haemodialysis. No ultrasound had been used for catheter insertion. The iatrogenic AVF was repaired, and her episodes of cardiac failure ceased. It is recommended that femoral dialysis catheters are inserted using ultrasound guidance to avoid inadvertent arterial puncture.
- Subjects
ARTERIOVENOUS fistula; HEART failure; DIALYSIS catheters; ULTRASONIC imaging; ARTERIAL puncture
- Publication
NDT Plus, 2009, Vol 2, Issue 1, p46
- ISSN
1753-0784
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndtplus/sfn190