title: Easy technique for retro-antegrade superficial femoral artery catheterization.
abstract: The antegrade femoral approach is a routinely used technique for the percutaneous treatment of the lower extremities vascular disease. However, this approach can be challenging in case of obese patients or due to special anatomy of the femoral bifurcation. We present a simple and inexpensive alternative by means of the use of a Fogarty catheter to convert a retrograde femoral access to an antegrade catheterization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Hospital de Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain.
authors.forename: August
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ysa
authors.forename: Amaia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arruabarrena
authors.forename: Maite R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bustabad
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peña
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans