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Recanalization of an Occluded Aortoiliac Bypass Graft with Palmaz Stents

Year: 1991

Type: article

Abstract: Four tandem Palmaz balloon-expandable vascular stents were used to recanalize the completely occluded limb of an aortoiliac bypass graft after failure of thrombolysis and conventional angioplasty. The resting peak-systolic pressure gradient across the occluded limb was reduced from 68 to 13 mm Hg. The patient's rest pain resolved, and the ankle-brachial index rose from 0.54 to 0.78. No embolization or stent-related complications occurred. The graft remains patent as determined with noninvasive studies obtained 8 months later.

Source: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

DOI: 10.1016/s1051-0443(91)72231-8

Authors: Michael C. Soulen, Joseph Bonn, Marcelle J. Shapiro

Institutions: Thomas Jefferson University, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Peripheral Artery Disease Management

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,600