We are providing here a retrospective evaluation of vascular injuries occuring due to iatrogenic reasons and the surgical operations performed in the treatment.Surgical operations were performed on 52 cases with iatrogenic vascular injuries between 1984-2004 at our cardiovascular surgery clinic. The patients included 33 males and 19 females, with a mean age of 52. Vascular injury occured at 45 patients during cardiac catheterization and angiography attempts, at 4 patients during peripheric angiography and at 3 patients during femoral arterial canulation attemps. Vascular injury led to thrombosis at 29 cases, ruptur and hematoma at 18 cases, pseudoaneurysm at 2 cases and LAD (Left anterior descending) artery at 2 cases and circumflex (Cx) artery at 1 case. Embolectomy was performed on 28 cases, drenage of hematoma and primary repair of the vessel was performed on 14 cases, excision of pseudoaneurysm on 2 cases, LAD artery and Cx artery repair in 3 cases, femoro-femoral bypass from left to right at 3 cases, and iliofemoral bypass operation was performed at 2 cases.Cardiac catheterization and angiography attempt was the precedure leading to the highest rate of injuries (86.53 %). Right femoral arterial was most prone to injuries. Amputation were performed on 3 patients, 2 of these were at the top of the knee and 1 was total hip desarticulation (5.7 %). The rest of the patients fully recovered.Iatrogenic vascular injuries are important surgical matters requiring early detection and treatment. This is the only way of achieving reduced mortality and morbidity.