The right common femoral artery was difficult to palpate as well as the left using a micropuncture technique, the right common femoral artery was accessed, dilated to a 5 French sheath. The catheter would not thread into the abdominal aorta. A very tight stenosis at the terminal aorta was suspected. Using micropuncture technique, the left common femoral artery was accessed and this met with similar difficulty with just a microwire. Giving these findings and the nonemergent nature of the procedure it was thought best to abandon the procedure at this point and to proceed with a CT angiogram.
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