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Open Access 01-11-2017 | Heart Beat
Unusual timing of a common complication after pulmonary vein isolation
Published in: Netherlands Heart Journal | Issue 11/2017
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A 57-year-old patient presents with a large mass at the right groin two months after cryoballoon-guided pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) (Fig. 1, left panel). A pseudo-aneurysm of the superficial femoral artery is seen on CT with a small, encapsulated active bleeding region (asterisk) surrounded by a large haematoma (arrow, Fig. 1, right panel).
Fig. 1
Clinical presentation of the large right groin mass (left panel). CT angiography demonstrating a pseudo-aneurysm of the femoral artery with an active component (asterisk), and a large haematoma anteriorly (arrow) (right panel)
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