title: Technique for obtaining proximal intraluminal control when arteries are inaccessible or unclampable because of disease or calcification.
abstract: When proximal arterial control cannot be obtained by standard methods, it may be achieved safely and bloodlessly by intraluminal routes with balloon catheters, hemostatic sheaths, and catheter-guide wire techniques. This method was used successfully in 20 patients to achieve proximal arterial control without complications in a variety of locations. Use of this method or its modifications may facilitate and simplify a variety of vascular operations that would otherwise be difficult or hazardous.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10467, USA.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Veith
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohki
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000293:injuries; D004210:Dissection / Q000009:adverse effects; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation / Q000009:adverse effects; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery