title: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in the treatment of abdominal angina.
abstract: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the superior mesenteric artery was performed on seven patients with clinical and radiographic evidence of abdominal angina. The procedure was successful in six patients thereby avoiding a revascularization procedure. Clinical and angiographic follow-up to 28 months revealed marked improvement in symptoms and continued patency of the dilated vessel.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain