title: [Transvenous sonography of the peripheral arterial vessels. The initial clinical results].
abstract: Intravascular ultrasound with 20 MHz/6.2-French transducer systems was used for arterial imaging via a transvenous approach. In 20 patients suffering from chronic arterial occlusive disease, 15 iliac arteries were evaluated during diagnostic angiography and 5 femoropopliteal arteries during balloon angioplasty (n = 3) and laser-assisted angioplasty (n = 2), respectively. Transvenous sonography did not allow differentiation of arterial wall layers and determination of vessel diameters as is usually possible during intraarterial sonography. Visualisation of iliac arteries was incomplete. In femoropopliteal vessels, guide wires could be detected within the arterial lumen but not in complete occlusions. Delivery of pulsed laser energy induced bright echoes near the catheter tip within a distance of 1-2 cm. Transvenous sonography is insufficient for monitoring of peripheral angioplasty; however, improved imaging quality might be possible at lower frequencies.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Radiologische Diagnostik, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Huppert
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Duda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Braunschweig
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Voelker
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fenchel
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Claussen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation; D017222:Angioplasty, Balloon, Laser-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Transvenöse Sonographie peripherer arterieller Gefässe. Erste klinische Ergebnisse.