NONSURGICAL REPAIR OF FEMORAL-ARTERY PSEUDOANEURYSM WITH COLOR-FLOW GUIDED ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER COMPRESSION

Arterial pseudoaneurysm is a significant complication. following invas ive angiographic procedures. A definitive diagnosis is usually obtaina ble with ultrasound imaging, including color flow Doppler. Treatment m odalities include surgical repair or transducer directed compression. In our experience, 26 of 29 patients (89.7%) with femoral artery pseud oaneurysm were successfully treated utilizing transducer directed comp ression. One pseudoaneurysm thrombosed spontaneously before the proced ure was completed. No complications were encountered. Our experience s uggests that surgical repair is not required for most femoral artery p seudoaneurysms.