title: Use of AngioJet mechanical thrombectomy for acute peripheral ischemia associated with stent fracture.
abstract: Stent fracture has been an uncommonly described etiology in the development of acute peripheral ischemia. We describe the utilization of a rheolytic thrombectomy catheter with thrombolytics for the rapid treatment of superficial femoral artery thrombosis after recanalization and subsequent stent fracture. The implications of stent fracture and the therapeutic maneuvers associated with their treatment in peripheral applications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. barbatoj@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Joel E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Barbato
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Wholey
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015607:Stents; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex