title: Below the knee intervention using multidisciplinary methods including an antegrade, retrograde approach without the use of a sheath but with a plaque excision device.
abstract: Below the knee (BTK) interventions are increasing in patients with rest pain or critical limb ischemia, and these interventions are frequently successful in facilitating limb salvage. New intervention techniques and devices allow successful recanalization of occluded BTK arteries. Here, we report a case of successful recanalization of BTK arteries using multidisciplinary methods, including an antegrade approach and retrograde approach without the use of a sheath, but with simple balloon angioplasty, and plaque excision using Silverhawk atherectomy device.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Mi
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Won Yu
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Yeon Hwa
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chur Hoan
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Sun Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Weon
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Wan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kim