SPLENIC INFARCTION - A COMPLICATION OF CARDIAC-CATHETERIZATION

被引:7
作者
ROSE, M [1 ]
DINOUR, D [1 ]
CHISIN, R [1 ]
机构
[1] HADASSAH UNIV HOSP,DEPT MED BIOPHYS & NUCL MED,IL-91240 JERUSALEM,ISRAEL
关键词
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; COMPLICATIONS; SPLENIC INFARCTION;
D O I
10.1002/clc.4960150914
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Patients, with extensive atherosclerosis are at increased risk of developing embolic complications during cardiac catheterization. We describe a 51-year-old man with unstable angina and bilateral leg claudication who developed fever and right upper abdominal pam shortly after cardiac catheterization. Liver-spleen scintigraphy demonstrated a wedge-shaped filling defect compatible with splenic infarction, and serial scans performed over a period of five months showed resolution of this finding. Splenic infarction tends to be under-diagnosed, and physicians should be aware of this potentially serious complication of cardiac catheterization.
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页码:697 / 698
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