Recanalisation of chronically occluded remote superficial femoral artery endarterectomy through angioplasty for limb salvage
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Husainy, Mohammad Ali
Slim, Hani
Rashid, Hisham
Huang, Dean Y.
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2017
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We report a novel application of balloon angioplasty to recanalise a chronically occluded remote endarterectomy superficial femoral artery. This patient previously had two occluded surgical bypass grafts in an attempt to revascularise the limb and presented with critical limb ischaemia and necrotic foot ulcerations. Following the angioplasty, the patient showed significant improvement in rest pain and healing of the ulcerations. This technique may be useful for limb salvage in patients where surgical options have been exhausted.
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CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
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40
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2