[Angioscopy and angioplasty of the iliac and femoral arteries].
Angioscopy is a technique of endoscopic investigation of the vascular lumen and its contents, which we have coupled with iliac and femoral angioplasty. The material comprises 3 main elements: the angioscope, the TV-monitoring assembly and the infusion system. No complication was recorded in a series of 94 angioscopies (47 iliac, 44 distal femoral and 3 grafts) performed over a period of 18 months. The technical quality of the images obtained was good in 90% of cases (85/94). Angioscopy revealed lesions that had either been nonvisualized or underrated by angiography, and played a determinant role in 16% of cases (15/94), whereby the therapeutical procedure could be modified accordingly.
Baudrillard
J C
JC
Département d'Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier, Lens.
Cécile
J P
JP
Foucart
H
H
Carlier
C
C
Baidj
Z
Z
D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000473:pathology; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000473:pathology; D014743:Videotape Recording / Q000295:instrumentation
Angioscopie et angioplastie des artères iliaques et fémorales.