VERTEBRAL ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA CAUSED BY ANGIOGRAPHY CATHETER - CASE-REPORT

Authors
GOKALP HZ EGEMEN N USTUN M YUCEER N
Citation
Hz. Gokalp et al., VERTEBRAL ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA CAUSED BY ANGIOGRAPHY CATHETER - CASE-REPORT, Acta neurochirurgica, 124(2-4), 1993, pp. 153-155
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
Acta neurochirurgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016268
Volume
124
Issue
2-4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
153 - 155
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6268(1993)124:2-4<153:VACBAC>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A case of vertebral arteriovenous fistula (VAF) caused by an angiograp hic catheter during coronary angiography in a 30-year-old female is pr esented. The patient complained about a roaring noise in her left ear. Preoperative and postoperative angiographic verification of the lesio n is presented. The patient was treated by a direct surgical trapping of the vertebral artery (VA) proximal and distal to the fistula.