Cypher drug-eluting stent treatment of tibioperoneal obstructive disease: a case report.
Stent placement in a tibial artery for suboptimal angioplasty results has had a high rate of restenosis and occlusion due to neointimal hyperplasia. Drug-eluting stents may provide a new therapeutic option in this situation. We describe the use of a Cypher drug-eluting stent after suboptimal angioplasty result in a claudicant with a severe tibioperoneal trunk lesion and single-vessel runoff to the foot with 6-month follow-up.
Hillegass
William B
WB
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. hillegas@uab.edu
Goyal
Munesh
M
Misra
Vijay K
VK
Jordan
William D
WD
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000628:therapy*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015607:Stents
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D020123:Sirolimus