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6220559

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
Short term results of treatment with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for lower extremity arterial insufficiency are presented. During a two year period 54 PTA were attempted and 43 were successful. 42 patients were either free of symptoms or had objectively reduced ischemic symptoms and remained so during the follow-up period (mean 10.5 months). Successfully repeated PTA were performed in three patients for the management of occlusions within an arterial segment earlier dilatated. Reasons for unsuccessful PTA were mainly difficulties in passing the stenosis/occlusion with the guide wire or that dilation could not be completed because of extensive calcification in the arterial wall. The only complication requiring treatment was a bleeding from a puncture site in the femoral artery. PTA treatment of lower extremity arterial insufficiency is for many patients a good alternative or complement to reconstructive vascular surgery and a method that should be used to a greater extent in vascular surgery centers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5482
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for lower extremity arterial insufficiency.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports