Recanalisation of Chronically Occluded Remote Superficial Femoral Artery Endarterectomy Through Angioplasty for Limb Salvage.
We report a novel application of balloon angioplasty to recanalise a chronically occluded remote endarterectomy superficial femoral artery. This patient previously had two occluded surgical bypass grafts in an attempt to revascularise the limb and presented with critical limb ischaemia and necrotic foot ulcerations. Following the angioplasty, the patient showed significant improvement in rest pain and healing of the ulcerations. This technique may be useful for limb salvage in patients where surgical options have been exhausted.
Department of Radiology, King's College Hospital, London, UK. m.husainy@nhs.net.
Mohammad Ali
MA
Husainy
Department of Vascular Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Hani
H
Slim
Department of Vascular Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Hisham
H
Rashid
Department of Radiology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Dean Y
DY
Huang
D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004691:Endarterectomy; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000628:therapy*; D023821:Limb Salvage / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Balloon angioplasty; Chronic occlusion; Recanalisation; Remote endarterectomy; Superficial femoral artery