title: Contralateral approach to iliac artery recanalization with kissing nitinol stents present in the aortic bifurcation.
abstract: A 69-year-old man, who had earlier undergone reconstruction of the aortic bifurcation with kissing nitinol stents, presented with occlusion of the left external iliac artery. The occlusion was successfully and safely recanalized using contralateral femoral approach with passage of interventional hardware through the struts of the stents in the aortic bifurcation. Presence of contemporary flexible nitinol stents with open-cell design in the aortic bifurcation is not a contraindication to the use of the contralateral femoral approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Electronic address: joseph59@gmail.com.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hooda
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: Viji Samuel
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000497:Alloys; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; C013616:nitinol
keywords: Abdominal aorta; Angioplasty; Iliac artery; Nitinol; Stent