Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for the treatment of complete arterial occlusion after retrograde cardiac catheterization in infancy.
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.
Peuster
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Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Children's Hospital, Hannover Medical School, Germany. peuster.matthias@mh-hannover.de
Bertram
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Fink
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Paul
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Hausdorf
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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