Thrombolysis and angioplasty for acute lower limb ischemia in Buerger's disease

✍ Scribed by Timothy J. Hodgson; Peter A. Gaines; Jonathon D. Beard

• Book ID: 104662538
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1019 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1432-086X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00203953

✦ Synopsis

Acute lower limb ischemia secondary to Buerger's disease in a young patient responded to thrombolysis and subsequent popliteal and anterior artery angioplasty. The value of angioplasty in non-limb-threatening ischemia in Buerger's disease has not been established but this case illustrates a role for thrombolysis and angioplasty in acute ischemia.