Intravascular ultrasound diagnosis of cystic adventitial degeneration of the popliteal artery: A case report

✍ Scribed by Malcolm T. Foster; John T. Collins; Jeffry P. Morgan

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 132 KB
• Volume: 53
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-1946
• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1216

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The diagnosis of cystic adventitial degeneration (CAD) is difficult. We present the first case in which intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) correctly identified CAD of the popliteal artery when duplex sonography and angiography were inconclusive. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2001;53:527–529. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.