title: A dual-purpose angioplasty-drug infusion catheter for the treatment of intragraft thrombus.
abstract: An investigational angioplasty-drug infusion catheter (Transport, CardioVascular Dynamics, Irvine, CA) was used to treat a saphenous vein graft stenosis associated with a thrombus. The catheter was successfully used both to infuse urokinase at the site of angioplasty and to perform effective angioplasty, demonstrating the feasibility and utility of a dual-purpose angioplasty catheter capable of angioplasty and/or local drug infusion with the same catheter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Popma
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Pichard
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Satler
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Mintz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nikonow
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Leon
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator