Treatment of spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage (SRH) is mainly conservative. However, if intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) or abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) develops, the treatment strategy should be more aggressive. Surgical decompression has been the gold standard; however, it is very invasive and highly morbid. Thus, percutaneous catheter
drainage (PCD) has been introduced as an alternative therapeutic option. We report on a case of successful PCD for prevention of progression of IAH to ACS in a patient with SRH after coronary stent implantation. This case showed that PCD can be an efficacious and safe method for treatment of IAH with impending ACS.

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• Young Choi(Department of Cardiology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea)
• Mahn-Won Park(Department of Cardiology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea) Corresponding author
• Sung Ho Her(Department of Cardiology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea)
• Chan Joon Kim(Department of Cardiology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea)
• Jung Sun Cho(Department of Cardiology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea)
• Gyung-Min Park(Department of Cardiology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea)
• Tae-Seok Kim(Department of Cardiology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea)