Abstract
Vascular access site infections are infrequent and rarely reported as a potential complication of percutaneous cardiac intervention. A case of access site infection is reported with a literature review. Femoral access is mainly concerned in some circumstances: delayed sheath withdrawal, vascular complications (hematoma, false-aneurysm, arteriovenous fistula), or use of hemostatic closure device. These infectious complications are always serious requiring medical and surgical treatment and potentially associated with life-threatening complications. Preventive measures should be applied in order to reduce the risks: optimisation of femoral punctures with the support of echography guidance, avoid a new puncture in a area with hematoma, femoral angiographic evaluation and strict aseptic precautions with vascular closure devices, and obviously preferential choice of radial access.
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