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Reflex sympathetic dystrophy following transbrachial cardiac catheterization
T Inoue1, I Yaguchi, K Mizoguchi
1Department of Cardiology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 2-1-50 Minamikoshigaya, Koshigaya City, Saitama 343-8555, Japan.
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
|September 6, 2000
Abstract:
We experienced a rare case of complication by reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) following transbrachial cardiac catheterization which may have been caused by poorly executed hemostasis using a hemostatic device. The symptoms of RSD markedly limited the patientOs daily work activities. Although the transbrachial approach is a useful procedure for cardiac catheterization, interventionalists should be aware that RSD may cause serious complications.