Drug coated balloon angioplasty for subclavian artery stenosis: A potential novel indication.
Subclavian artery stenosis is associated with increased cardiovascular disease mortality. It remains an important treatable cause of upper extremity, brain and cardiac ischemia. Endovascular treatment with angioplasty and stenting has become the preferred modality of treatment. Surgical revascularization is reserved for difficult cases with unfavorable anatomy to endovascular approach. Here we describe a case of subclavian artery stenosis causing subclavian steal syndrome with unfavorable anatomy to stenting treated successfully with drug coated balloon angioplasty with maintenance of patency at 6months.
Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Derar
D
Albashaireh
North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond, LA, USA.
Georges
G
Khoueiry
Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Owen
O
Mogabgab
Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Qusay
Q
Saleh
Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Michael
M
Foster
Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Nidal
N
Abi Rafeh
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D058686:Coronary-Subclavian Steal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D013349:Subclavian Steal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Drug coated balloon; Subclavian angioplasty