title: Below-the-elbow intervention for Buerger's disease.
abstract: An increasing attention has been paid to endovascular therapy for lower limb ischemia in patients with Buerger's disease. However, critical hand ischemia in Buerger's disease patients has been underappreciated despite a tremendous advancement of endovascular therapy for peripheral arterial disease. Herein, we describe endovascular "hand" salvage with a below-the-elbow intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan. kawarada90@hotmail.com.|Department of Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. kawarada90@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Osami
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kawarada
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan.
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan.
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan.|Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan.|Department of Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasuda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D004550:Elbow; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Angioplasty; Critical hand ischemia; Thromboangiitis obliterans