Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Using a vascular closure device after artery catheterization in a dog
By Scansen, Brian A et al.·Published in Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001)·2017·Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Use of a vascular closure device during percutaneous arterial access in a dog with impaired hemostasis.
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Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old female spayed Kai Ken Tora dog was brought in after being hit by a car and showed signs of severe injuries, including breathing difficulties and bleeding. The vet found that she had a collapsed lung and significant blood loss, so they treated her with fluid transfusions and managed her wounds. To investigate a persistent bruise, they performed a procedure to look at her blood vessels and used a special device to quickly close the artery afterward. The device worked well, stopping the bleeding immediately and allowing normal blood flow.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To report the use of a vascular closure device (VCD) to provide rapid arterial hemostasis following percutaneous femoral arterial catheterization and diagnostic angiography in a thrombocytopenic and coagulopathic dog. CASE SUMMARY: A 6-year-old female spayed Kai Ken Tora dog presented after vehicular trauma. The dog was diagnosed with traumatic pneumothorax, degloving wounds of the right antebrachium, subcutaneous hemorrhage within the axillary tissues of the left thoracic limb, and anemia and thrombocytopenia secondary to acute hemorrhage. Treatment included therapeutic thoracocentesis and open wound management of the right thoracic limb as well as packed RBC and fresh frozen plasma transfusions. Diagnostic angiography of the left brachial artery was performed via percutaneous femoral arterial access to investigate the source of a persistent axillary hematoma. The arterial access site was closed using an extraluminal VCD and hemostasis was immediate with normal femoral arterial blood flow documented by Doppler ultrasound. NEW OR UNIQUE INFORMATION PROVIDED: This report describes use of a VCD for arterial closure following percutaneous access in a dog with impaired hemostasis; to the authors' knowledge, this is the first clinical report of a VCD used in a veterinary species.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28544277/