title: [Angioscopy and angioplasty of the iliac and femoral arteries].
abstract: 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.
authors: Département d'Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier, Lens.
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Baudrillard
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Cécile
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Foucart
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Carlier
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Baidj
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Angioscopie et angioplastie des artères iliaques et fémorales.