Previous reports describe high success rates achieved by dilating subclavian artery stenoses. Attempts at angloplasty for total occlusions have been uniformly unsuccessful. No prevlous case successfully recanalizing total subclavian artery occlusion was found after an extensive literature search. Mo
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of an innominate artery occlusion
β Scribed by Roland Watura; Shaun F. S. Halpin; Michael S. T. Ruttley
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 913 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-086X
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β¦ Synopsis
A middle-aged woman presented with recent-onset left hemiparesis and right subclavian steal syndrome. She was found to have an obstructed innominate artery. We successfully performed balloon angioplasty of the occluded innominate artery and encountered no complications during follow-up of currently 8 months.
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