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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
A new ultrasonic method was applied to image the femoral artery and vein in children for evaluation of short- and long-term effects of cardiac catheterization with femoral percutaneous cannulation. Sixty-six children and infants (aged 5 days to 20 years) were studied with a 9 megahertz electronically focused real time scanner. Adequate studies were obtained in 46 patients before catheterization, in 26 of 30 short-term follow-up studies and in 14 long-term follow-up studies. Femoral arterial size could be quantitatively measured at the inguinal ligament and a correlation existed between imaged femoral arterial diameter and body weight (r = +0.82) or body surface area (r = +0.80). Short-term follow-up ultrasonic imaging studies allowed diagnosis of spasm and other complications of percutaneous femoral arterial puncture. Long-term follow-up studies were performed 4 months to 3 years after catheterization in 14 patients who had no complications recorded at the time of catheterization. These revealed significant differences between vessels on the catheterized and uncatheterized (control) sides in only 3 of the 14. High resolution ultrasonic imaging can provide anatomic and functional information about femoral arteries and veins and appears to be of assistance in planning cardiac catheterization and in studying the short- and long-term effects of percutaneous femoral cannulation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0002-9149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
349-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
A new technique for noninvasive evaluation of femoral arterial and venous anatomy before and after percutaneous cardiac catheterization in children and infants.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study