Use of the Palmaz stent in ostial celiac artery stenosis.
The author reports a case in which a 20-mm balloon-expandable Palmaz stent was used with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty to treat a stenosis of the proximal celiac artery in a patient with mesenteric ischemia. The stent was dilated to 9 mm, eliminating the stenosis. The patient made an uneventful recovery and remains asymptomatic at 4 months.
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Department of Radiology, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA 94598.
D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D002445:Celiac Artery; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents