[Treating iliac artery occlusive disease with subintimal angioplasty].
OBJECTIVE
To assess the value of subintimal angioplasty in treating patients with iliac artery occlusive disease.


METHODS
We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 13 patients with iliac artery occlusion who received subintimal wire placement followed by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent placement in our hospital from May 2004 to August 2006.


RESULTS
Initial success was obtained in all the 13 patients with an improvement in both the symptoms and the mean ankle-brachial index of 0.55 (range: 0.39-0.94, P = 0.004) without any complication. During the follow-up (range: 3-21 months; mean: 12 months), the one-year stent patency rate reached 100%.


CONCLUSIONS
Subintimal angioplasty is a valuable approach to treat iliac artery occlusion with reliable efficacy and safety.
Liu
Bao
B
Department of Vascular Surgery, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
Liu
Chang-Wei
CW
Wu
Wei-Wei
WW
Zheng
Yue-Hong
YH
Ye
Wei
W
Guan
Heng
H
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome