title: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for the treatment of complete arterial occlusion after retrograde cardiac catheterization in infancy.
abstract: Nine patients with arterial thrombosis were treated with transcatheter recanalization and subsequent balloon dilation of the occluded vessel. Repeat angiography or duplex sonography 3 to 14 months after intervention showed completely patent arteries without restenosis in 7 patients; there was residual narrowing of the vessel in the remaining 2 patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Children's Hospital, Hannover Medical School, Germany. peuster.matthias@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peuster
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bertram
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hausdorf
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D019233:Retreatment; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome