[Primary femoral recanalization using a slowly rotating catheter system].
Over a period of 2 years, 26 patients with chronic occlusions of the superior femoral and popliteal arteries were referred for recanalization. In two cases, the origin of the superior femoral artery could not be detected. A primary recanalization was achieved in 21 of 24 patients by the catheter system used by us (Viadyn). A stent (extensor) had to be implanted in one case because of a considerable lesion of the intima. A short-term clot lysis was indicated for another patient. On the basis of our results, rotation angioplasty with a slowly rotating catheter system seems to be the therapeutic method of choice for chronic arterial occlusions in the thigh.
Strahlenklinik mit Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Freie Universität Berlin.
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Scholz
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Schubeus
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Langer
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Langer
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Felix
D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004691:Endarterectomy; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012399:Rotation; D013997:Time Factors