Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of an innominate artery occlusion

A middle-aged woman presented with recent-onset left hemiparesis and right subclavian steal syndrome. She was found to have an obstructed innominate artery. We successfully performed balloon angioplasty of the occluded innominate artery and encountered no complications during follow-up of currently...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 1995-11, Vol.18 (6), p.396-398
Hauptverfasser:	WATURA, R, HALPIN, S. F. S, RUTTLEY, M. S. T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Angioplasty, Balloon Arterial Occlusive Diseases - complications Arterial Occlusive Diseases - diagnostic imaging Arterial Occlusive Diseases - therapy Biological and medical sciences Brachiocephalic Trunk Cerebral Infarction - etiology Diseases of the cardiovascular system Female Hemiplegia - etiology Humans Medical sciences Middle Aged Radiography Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects) Subclavian Steal Syndrome - etiology Subclavian Steal Syndrome - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	A middle-aged woman presented with recent-onset left hemiparesis and right subclavian steal syndrome. She was found to have an obstructed innominate artery. We successfully performed balloon angioplasty of the occluded innominate artery and encountered no complications during follow-up of currently 8 months.
ISSN:	0174-1551 1432-086X
DOI:	10.1007/BF00338308