title: Combined brachial and femoral approach to balloon angioplasty in coarctation of aorta.
abstract: Transfemoral balloon angioplasty of native aortic coarctation was initially not feasible in two patients, because of inability to cannulate the femoral artery percutaneously in one, and to cross the coarctation in the other. The percutaneous brachial approach helped overcome both these problems, after which utilization of intravascular snares allowed successful transfemoral completion of angioplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Baruah
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishnaswami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001027:Aortography; D001916:Brachial Artery; D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male