Transluminal atherectomy for occlusive peripheral vascular disease

The failure of balloon angioplasty to provide a durable result has lei to the development of other methods of catheter-associated interventional therapy. In this study, 112 patients with superficial femoral artery stenosis or occlusion were treated with percutaneous atherectomy. Patients were consid...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1990-06, Vol.15 (7), p.1551-1558
Main Authors: Graor, Robert A., Whitlow, Patrick L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angiography
Arterial Occlusive Diseases - diagnosis
Arterial Occlusive Diseases - physiopathology
Arterial Occlusive Diseases - therapy
Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research)
Biological and medical sciences
Blood and lymphatic vessels
Cardiology. Vascular system
Catheterization - adverse effects
Femoral Artery
Humans
Medical sciences
Postoperative Period
Recurrence
Reoperation
Ultrasonography
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator - therapeutic use
Vascular Patency
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Summary:The failure of balloon angioplasty to provide a durable result has lei to the development of other methods of catheter-associated interventional therapy. In this study, 112 patients with superficial femoral artery stenosis or occlusion were treated with percutaneous atherectomy. Patients were considered to have a simple lesion if the occluded or stenotic arterial segment was 5 cm. All atherectomies were performed in the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries; urokinase thrombolysis was used in conjunction with atherectomy in 16 patients, Atherectomy was considered successful if there was
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/0735-1097(90)92825-M