title: Case report: perforation of angioplasty balloon by Palmaz stent.
abstract: Intravascular stents are recognized to be of value in maintaining patency in resistant stenoses, recanalized occlusions, and when intimal dissection has occurred during balloon angioplasty [1,2,3]. Apart from early thrombosis, complications are relatively infrequent. We report a case of perforation of an angioplasty balloon during iliac angioplasty by a Palmaz stent sited in the contralateral iliac artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Monaghan
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Gaines
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents