A Rare Case of Mediastinal Hematoma Causing Mass Effect Following Transradial Access for Coronary Angiography
Prudvi Tarun Betha, Siddharth Bajaj, Harshavardhan Ghadiam · 2026
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Prudvi Tarun Betha and two colleagues report a rare and dangerous complication of heart catheterization through the wrist. Entering through the radial artery is now the preferred route because it bleeds less and lets patients walk sooner than the groin route. Their patient instead developed a large hematoma inside the mediastinum, the central chest compartment, after an attempted wrist-access angiogram, with the pooled blood pressing on nearby structures.
Mediastinal bleeding of this kind is uncommon and usually follows injury to a small artery during wire or catheter handling. The case required both endovascular repair and open surgery to control. Reports of single rare events guide practice out of proportion to their size. This one reminds intervention teams that a routine access choice can still produce a chest emergency needing two kinds of rescue.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Prudvi Tarun Betha, Siddharth Bajaj, Harshavardhan Ghadiam |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18644 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |