title: Bilateral trans-radial approach in stenting of occluded right axillary artery.
abstract: With recent advancement in percutaneous endovascular interventions, angioplasty and stenting of axillary artery lesions could become the treatment of choice vs. surgical intervention owing to its lower complication and mortality rates and shorter hospital stay.We report a Caucasian female case with axillary artery chronic total occlusion (CTO) with dual etiology (atherosclerotic and radiation induced), which was successfully managed with stent angioplasty. The strategy used was right radial retrograde approach with contralateral injections from left radial catheter. Two year follow-up revealed widely patent axillary stents.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology Department, University Clinic of Cardiology, Medical Faculty, University of St,Cyril & Methodius, Vodnjanska 17, Skopje 1000, Macedonia. skedev@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sasko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kedev
authors.forename: Aleksandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jovkovski
authors.forename: Biljana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zafirovska
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D001366:Axillary Artery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents