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In the period January 1, 1992, to December 31, 1993, 1518 patients were submitted to coronography and nine developed a false aneurysm at the point of entrance of the catheter in the femur. In 23 of 1377 patients who were subjected to coronary arteriography there was subsequently formation of a similar aneurysm. There were eight women and 24 men with an average of 63±11 years. The false aneurysms...