Direct deployment of the iliofemoral balloon expandable (Palmaz) stent utilizing a small (7.5 French) arterial puncture.
A new, smaller (7.5F) stent delivery sheath system is described for deployment of the iliofemoral large balloon expandable (Palmaz) stainless steel stent which allows a brachial or ipsilateral retrograde femoral or popliteal approach. The procedure described does not require predilatation of the lesion prior to stent deployment.
Dorros
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Milwaukee Heart and Vascular Clinic, Wisconsin.
Mathiak
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D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000379:methods; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D013193:Stainless Steel; D015607:Stents
D013193:Stainless Steel