Percutaneous angioscopy: improved technique.
Ten angioscopies with a pressure infusion set resulted in similar visualization times and irrigation volumes as 42 angioscopies with a specially constructed roller pump. Diagnostic image quality, however, was obtained almost exclusively with the roller pump. Three examinations were nondiagnostic. Total viewing time per patient was approximately 1 min with the roller pump and 2 min with the pressure infusion system. In the 30 patients examined, angioscopy changed the initially chosen form of therapy in 5 patients.
Winkelbauer
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Department of Radiology, University of Vienna, Austria.
Hölzenbein
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Ammann
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Karnel
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F
Kretschmer
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G
Lammer
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J
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D017546:Angioscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011677:Punctures