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2976685

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
Balloon angioplasty and bypass graft surgery are common procedures for treating vascular occlusive disease. The purpose of this preliminary investigation was to evaluate the effectiveness and the safety of a new catheter system, first introduced by KR Kensey. The system involves a flexible catheter with a high speed rotating tip, driven by an electrical motor. The tip is cooled by a continuous flow of sterile saline containing dextran 40, heparin and urokinase. Radiopaque contrast medium may be infused through the catheter to allow the device to be guided and to detect lesions and to evaluate the efficacy of treatment. The system was applied in three patients with occlusive vascular disease (Stage IIb) and segmental or total occlusion of the superficial femoral artery (SFA). The milling catheter was introduced percutaneously into the common femoral artery and guided to the area of occlusion under DSA control. In two patients total recanalisation was achieved after passage of the milling catheter. In one patient the totally occluded SFA could not be cannulated and a femoro-popliteal bypass was performed one week later. Complications such as perforation of the vessel or peripheral embolisation were not observed. Pedal pulses were improved significantly in one patient. Further investigations will be necessary to demonstrate whether the milling catheter can be safely used to revascularise patients with limb threatening peripheral vascular disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0950-821X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
297-303
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Dynamic angioplasty--a milling catheter for transcutaneous and intraoperative treatment of vascular occlusive disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Chirurgische Klinik Innenstadt, Universität München, F.R.G.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't