title: Thrombolysis and angioplasty for acute lower limb ischemia in Buerger's disease.
abstract: Acute lower limb ischemia secondary to Buerger's disease in a young patient responded to thrombolysis and subsequent popliteal and anterior artery angioplasty. The value of angioplasty in non-limb-threatening ischemia in Buerger's disease has not been established but this case illustrates a role for thrombolysis and angioplasty in acute ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Gaines
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Beard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy