Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and valvectomy in a failing in situ saphenous graft.
A patient is described who experienced increasing ischemia in the follow-up period of femoral-peroneal artery graft surgery. Transcatheter angiographic management was successful in improving the long-term patency of the graft. The procedure is described, and the applications are discussed.
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*