Aschwanden Markus, Bilecen Deniz, Thalhammer Christoph
Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 May 1;71(6):744-6. doi: 10.1002/ccd.21473.
We report the first case of a transcutaneous migration of a vascular clip closure device 10 weeks after placement during femoral artery puncture for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. We postulate focal inflammatory vascular wall changes as the predisposing factor in this patient with giant cell arteritis.