Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn

Intraperitoneal hemorrhage associated with transhepatic cardiac catheterization: a report of two cases.

Erenberg FG. Shim D. Beekman RH 3rd.
Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA.
Transhepatic cardiac catheterization has gained increased interest as a novel technique for venous vascular access with few complications. We report important intra-abdominal bleeding encountered in two patients during transhepatic cardiac catheterization. We describe their management and suggest possible nonoperative strategies.

A rare complication of coronary arteriography.

Year 1998
ter Woorst FJ. Berry LL. de Swart HJ. van Ommen VA. Prenger KB.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Academic Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
We describe a 66-year-old man with acute mesenteric ischemia and myocardial ischemia within 6 hr after coronary arteriography. He underwent successful emergency surgery with embolectomy of the mesenteric artery and coronary artery bypass grafting.