Saadat Habibollah, Taherkhani Maryam, Mohammadi Afsaneh, Shabestari Abbas Arjmand, Movahed Mohammad Reza
Cardiovascular Research Center, Modarres Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Am Heart Hosp J. 2009 Winter;7(2):E128-9. doi: 10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.2.128.
We present a case of rectus hematoma occurring in the setting of transfemoral cardiac catheterization. This is a potentially deadly complication that is under-reported and under-diagnosed. The goal of this article is to present a case of rectus hematoma alongside a comprehensive review of the literature.