title: Drug-eluting stent patency at 6 months in the pedal artery of a patient with polyarteritis nodosa: a case report.
abstract: Drug-eluting stents are largely used in coronary arteries and more recently in tibial arteries owing to their potentially better outcomes compared with bare metal stents. A patient with polyarteritis nodosa and critical limb ischemia and a dorsal foot ulcer was previously unsuccessfully treated with multiple angioplasties and subsequently underwent implantation of a drug-eluting stent in the pedal artery. At 6 months, stent patency on color Doppler ultrasound and complete healing of the foot ulcer were observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, San Raffaele Scientific Research Institute, via Olgettina 60, Milan 20132, Italy. venturini.massimo@hsr.it
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venturini
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orsi
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Querques
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agostini
authors.forename: Enrica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bozzolo
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Del Maschio
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency