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(Circulation. 1963;27:1140.)
© 1963 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Hazard of Retrograde Aortography in Dissecting Aneurysm

WILLIAM L. HART M.D.¹; EDWARD J. BERMAN M.D.¹; RICHARD J. LACOM M.D.¹

¹ From the Medical Service, Wadsworth General Hospital, Veterans Administration Center and the Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

During retrograde catheterization via the femoral artery and the brachial artery, the false lumen of a dissecting aneurysm was inadvertently entered in two patients. Bilateral carotid occlusion was produced in one by the high-pressure injection of contrast material into the false passage. A method is suggested to avoid this hazard.

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