Use of a snare-loop device as an adjunct to Palmaz stent placement.
A patient was treated by PTA for a tight excentric stenosis in the external iliac artery. Following angioplasty, appropriate placement of a Palmaz stent over the lesion was impossible because of arterial curves and irregular aspect of the residual stenosis. To overcome this problem, the stent was grasped and pulled over the lesion using a snare loop device by contralateral approach.
Department of Cardiovascular Radiology, Broussais Hospital, Paris, France.
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MR
Sapoval
J C
JC
Gaux
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B
Beyssen
O
O
Hoffman
A C
AC
Raynaud
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D015607:Stents