title: Successful limb salvage after recanalization of an occluded infrapopliteal artery utilizing a balloon expandable (Palmaz-Schatz) stent.
abstract: This case describes the first reported successful management of an infrapopliteal artery intimal dissection utilizing the Palmaz-Schatz balloon expandable stent. Stent deployment relieved the compromised blood flow caused by the intimal flap which could not be corrected by prolonged balloon inflation or removed with directional atherectomy, and averted any emergency surgical procedure.
authors.affiliation: Milwaukee Heart and Vascular Clinic, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dorros
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prince
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017073:Atherectomy; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D011859:Radiography; D013193:Stainless Steel; D015607:Stents; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D016909:Tibial Arteries; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator