PTA and stenting after previous aortoiliac endarterectomy.

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OBJECTIVES: to evaluate the feasibility and long-term results of angioplasty and stenting in the treatment of restenosis following aortoiliac endarterectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: between 1991 and 1999 19 patients underwent angioplasty with selective stenting for recurrent stenosis after previous aortoiliac endarterectomy. Aortic lesions were treated five times in four patients. At the iliac level 28 lesions (25 stenosis and three occlusions) were treated in 16 patients (one patient had a stenosis at the aortic as well as iliac level). All patients were followed clinically and by ultrasound. In the second half of 1999, an angiogram or spiral CT-angiography was performed in all patients to determine long-term outcome. RESULTS: technical success was obtained in all patients and clinical success was achieved in 18 of the 19 patients. Angiographic cumulative primary patency for aortoiliac lesions was 96% at 1 year and 76% at 3 years. CONCLUSIONS: angioplasty with selective stenting of recurrent aortoiliac disease after previous aortoiliac endarterectomy is feasible and safe. Long-term clinical and angiographic patency rates are in accordance with results of aortoiliac angioplasty in general. Copyright 2001 Harcourt Publishers Limited.

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Author/s: Derom, A (A); Vermassen, F (F); Ongena, K (K);

Affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital De Honte, Terneuzen, The Netherlands.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2001-Aug; vol 22 (issue 2) : pp 130-3

Dates: Created 2001/07/26; Completed 2001/08/30; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 11472045, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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