Ann Cardiol Cardiovasc Med | Volume 1, Issue 2 | Case Report | Open Access

Mechanical Failure of an Angio-Seal Requiring Surgical Extraction

Mahmoud Abdelghany^*, Sonal Pruthi, Maya Ignaszewski and Debanik Chaudhuri

Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA

^*Correspondance to: Mahmoud Abdelghany 

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Abstract

We describe a unique case of an Angio-Seal™ (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN) device mechanical malfunction with failure of the locking system and subsequent failure of retraction of the device from inside the artery. The patient underwent femoral artery exploration with surgical extraction of the Angio-Seal™ device and surgical repair of the common femoral artery.

Citation:

Abdelghany M, Pruthi S, Ignaszewski M, Chaudhuri D. Mechanical Failure of an Angio-Seal Requiring Surgical Extraction. Ann Cardiol Cardiovasc Med. 2017;1(2):1009.