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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:1582-1584
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case reports

Management of retroperitoneal arterial injury after heart catheterization in children

Frank A. Pigula, MDa,b, Percival Buenaventura, MDa,b, Jose A. Ettedgui, MDa,b, Ralph D. Siewers, MDa,b

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
b Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Address reprint requests to Dr Pigula, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Room 2820, 2 Main, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
e-mail: pigulaf{at}heart.chp.edu

With the expansion of interventional cardiology into the pediatric population, vascular complications related to cardiac catheterization can be expected to occur. Cardiac surgeons must be prepared to treat these life-threatening injuries. We present a case and detail the technique of the surgical management of retroperitoneal arterial injury after interventional cardiac catheterization in a 6-month-old boy.






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