title: Balloon catheter dilatation and thrombectomy for acute aortoiliac occlusion.
abstract: A case of acute distal aortic thrombosis in an elderly high-risk patient was successfully managed with intraoperative thrombectomy and balloon catheter dilatation of the common iliac arteries. Balloon catheter dilatation may be indicated prior to bypass grafting in high-risk patients with acute aortoiliac thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery, Carraway Methodist Medical Center and The Norwood Clinic, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Joseph P.
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Archie