Introduction

In the last years percutaneous catheter procedures have become important both for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Here different vascular regions serve as possible interventional access courses. Besides the carotid artery, axillary artery, abdominal aorta and the popliteal artery, the brachial artery and common femoral artery and superficialis / profunda are most frequently used for arterial puncture. Since a detailed representation of all possible complications within the range of these interventional courses would take surely too long, this tutorial is only limited to the common femoral artery as a puncture site.

Dirk-André Clevert, M.D.
Section Chief, Interdisciplinary Ultrasound Center
Department of Clinical Radiology
University of Munich-Grosshadern Campus
Marchioninistr. 15 - 81377 Munich - Germany

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