Interventional Radiology for Vascular Diseases.
10.5124/jkma.2002.45.5.530
- Author:
Jae Kyu KIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Vascular disease;
Steno-occlusive vascular disease;
Interventional radiologic procedure
- MeSH:
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal;
Humans;
Iliac Artery;
Methods;
Mortality;
Radiology, Interventional*;
Stents;
Vascular Diseases*
- From:Journal of the Korean Medical Association
2002;45(5):530-538
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Recently interventional radiologic procedures for vascular occlusive diseases have become an alternative to the surgical method. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty(PTA) is an effective treatment for a short, concentric, segmental, stenotic lesion. The patency rate of PTA depends on the nature of the lesion. The long-term patency rate is high in iliac artery lesions. Percutaneous stent placement is an effective long-term treatment for patients with iliac insufficiency. New stents, such as a drug-coated, radioactive stent, are under investigation to overcome the re-stenosis after PTA or stent insertion. Percutaneously placed endoluminal stent-grafts for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm were developed to avoid major intraabdominal surgery and related morbidity and mortality.
