title: Transseptal approach to aortography and carotid artery stenting in pulseless disease.
abstract: We report on a patient with pulseless disease (Takayasu's arteritis) in whom access to the central circulation by extremity arterial cannulation was not possible due to absent pulses in all four limbs. The transseptal approach was used for aortography, bilateral selective carotid angiography, and successful elective stent deployment in the right common carotid artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishnaswami
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Baruah
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kuruttukulam
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Abraham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000379:methods*; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*