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Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 505-509 , September 2009

Iatrogenic injuries of the common femoral artery (CFA) and external iliac artery (EIA) during endograft placement: An underdiagnosed entity

Presented at the Thirty-third Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Tucson, Ariz, January 14, 2009.

Received 27 January 2009 ,Accepted 28 March 2009.

Normal common femoral artery.

Normal common femoral artery.
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Common femoral artery with posterior plaque and intraluminal flap creating severe stenosis.

Common femoral artery with posterior plaque and intraluminal flap creating severe stenosis.
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Cross-section duplex imaging showing significant diameter reduction in the same common femoral artery (CFA).

Cross-section duplex imaging showing significant diameter reduction in the same common femoral artery (CFA).
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Elevated peak systolic velocities, waveform, and duplex images illustrating hemodynamically significant posterior plaque in common femoral artery of a patient undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair (

Elevated peak systolic velocities, waveform, and duplex images illustrating hemodynamically significant posterior plaque in common femoral artery of a patient undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).
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Contralateral limb without proximal obstruction.

Contralateral limb without proximal obstruction.
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Peak systolic velocities and waveforms in common femoral artery (CFA) suggesting proximal obstruction after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).

Peak systolic velocities and waveforms in common femoral artery (CFA) suggesting proximal obstruction after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).
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