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Massive Bleeding from Guidewire Perforation of an External Iliac Artery: Treatment with Hand-made Stent-Graft Placement

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We report life-threatening bleeding from an external iliac artery perforation following guidewire manipulation in a patient with atherosclerotic iliac artery disease. This complication was successfully managed by indigenous hand-made stent-graft made from two peripheral stents in the catheterization laboratory.

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  1. G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India

    Vimal Mehta, Bhagya Narayan Pandit, Pratishtha Mehra, Arima Nigam, Aniruddha Vyas, Jamal Yusuf, Saibal Mukhopadhyay & Vijay Trehan

  2. Room No. 133, Department of Cardiology, G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, New Delhi, 110002, India

    Vimal Mehta

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Mehta, V., Pandit, B.N., Mehra, P. et al. Massive Bleeding from Guidewire Perforation of an External Iliac Artery: Treatment with Hand-made Stent-Graft Placement. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 39, 106–110 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-015-1125-0

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