Balloon catheter dilatation and thrombectomy for acute aortoiliac occlusion.
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.
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Joseph P.
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Departments of Surgery, Carraway Methodist Medical Center and The Norwood Clinic, Birmingham, Alabama.