Following endovascular coiling, patients
will require six hours of flat bed rest to
prevent bleeding from the femoral artery
puncture site. The wound will require regular
assessment during this period and perfusion to
the lower limbs will also need to be monitored
by assessing warmth, colour, capillary
refill time and pedal pulses (Woodward
and Mestecky 2011). Many potential
complications exist at this point, such as
those shown in Table 4. The most serious is
vasospasm. The spasm of the cerebral arteries
can compromise cerebral blood supply. This
can lead to cerebral ischaemia, which is a