title: Chronic hand ischemia treated with radial artery balloon angioplasty: case report.
abstract: Although balloon angioplasty in heart and lower extremity vessels has been extensively studied and reported, little information exists regarding its use for digital ischemia in the hand. We report a case of successful balloon angioplasty of the distal radial artery to reverse present and prevent further digital tip cyanosis and necrosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery and the Department of Orthopaedics, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
authors.forename: Surena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Namdari
authors.forename: Min Jung
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Arnold-Peter C
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Wilfred I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Carney
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D017534:Radial Artery; D011859:Radiography