http://hdl.handle.net/10027/7823 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:50:00 GMT 2013-05-25T04:50:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10027/7840 Acute Arterial Thrombosis after Covered Stent Exclusion of BleedingMycotic Pseudoaneurysm: Treatment Using Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis Palestrant, Sarah; Knuttinen, M. Grace; Gaba, Ron C.; Bui, James T.; Owens, Charles A. Conventional absolute contraindications to catheter-directed thrombolysis include active or recent hemorrhage and the presence of local vascular infection, both of which increase the risk of procedure-related complications such as bleeding and systemic sepsis. For this reason, lytic therapy of arterial thromboembolism under these circumstances is generally precluded. Herein, we describe a unique case of safe catheter-directed lysis of an acutely thrombosed iliac artery following covered stent placement for treatment of an actively bleeding infected pseudoaneurysm. Our management approach is discussed. Copyright © 2011 Sarah Palestrant et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. DOI:10.1155/2011/264053 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10027/7840 2011-04-28T05:00:00Z