title: Revascularization of femoropopliteal artery occlusion in Werner's syndrome. Report of a case and review of surgical literature in cardiovascular lesions.
abstract: A patient with Werner's syndrome suffering from a chronic ulcer on the right ankle joint underwent femoropopliteal bypass and patch angioplasty combined with endarterectomy of the distal popliteal artery. Postoperative angiography showed satisfactory graft patency and distal run-off, and the ulcer improved. Femoropopliteal occlusive disease in Werner's syndrome tends to have poor run-off and the internal diameter of the popliteal artery with diffuse arteriosclerotic lesion is often too small to facilitate distal anastomosis. Therefore, a conventional bypass procedure is not always effective and an aggressive attitude is essential to obtain sufficient ankle blood pressure and improve the leg ulcer in Werner' syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital, Iwaki City, Fukushima, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takazawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniyasu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000792:Angiography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D014898:Werner Syndrome / Q000150:complications*