Two Cases of Compartment Syndrome Complicating Percutaneous Transluminal Peripheral Arterial Intervention.
10.4070/kcj.2002.32.5.442
- Author:
Jae Hun JUNG
1
;
Pil Ki MIN
;
Bon Kwon KOO
;
Ki Hwan KWON
;
Young Guk KO
;
Young Sub BYUN
;
Dong Hoon CHOI
Author Information
1. Yonsei Cardiovascular Center and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Peripheral vascular diseases;
Angioplasty balloon;
Compartment syndromes
- MeSH:
Arteries;
Compartment Syndromes*;
Lower Extremity;
Peripheral Arterial Disease;
Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2002;32(5):442-446
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Compartment syndrome is the term used to describe the constellation of clinical symptoms and signs associated with pathophysiologically elevated intracompartmental pressure. It is an infrequent but serious complication of the revascularization of peripheral arterial disease, encountered in surgical bypass and thrombolytic procedures. We present two cases of intraarterial thrombolysis and percutaneous transluminal intervention of the lower extremity arteries, complicated by the development of compartment syndrome.
