title: Subintimal angioplasty for infrainguinal occlusive disease.
abstract: Subintimal angioplasty is a relatively new endovascular approach for the treatment of patients with femoropoliteal or tibial artery occlusion. The procedure involves intentionally creating a false channel or dissection around an arterial occlusion, then reentering the true lumen distally. The procedure has a relatively low incidence of complications and a high rate of technical success.Short-term patency has been fair in some reports and poor in others. Long-term results are not available. Aspirin and possibly anticoagulation or antiplatelet agents may improve technical success and short-term patency. Further studies with longer follow-up are required before it can be recommended as a potentially viable alternative to arterial bypass.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City Health Care System, Surgical Care Center (112), 500 Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA. Gerald.Treiman@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Gerald S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Treiman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged