Below the Knee Intervention Using Multidisciplinary Methods Including an Antegrade, Retrograde Approach Without the Use of a Sheath but With a Plaque Excision Device.
10.4070/kcj.2012.42.2.125
- Author:
Hye Mi AN
1
;
Won Yu KANG
;
Yeon Hwa KIM
;
Chur Hoan LIM
;
Sun Ho HWANG
;
Weon KIM
;
Wan KIM
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, Gwangju, Korea. gpkwy@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Peripheal arterial disease;
Ischemia;
Angioplasty;
Atherectomy
- MeSH:
Angioplasty;
Angioplasty, Balloon;
Arteries;
Atherectomy;
Extremities;
Humans;
Ischemia;
Knee;
Limb Salvage
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2012;42(2):125-128
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Below the knee (BTK) interventions are increasing in patients with rest pain or critical limb ischemia, and these interventions are frequently successful in facilitating limb salvage. New intervention techniques and devices allow successful recanalization of occluded BTK arteries. Here, we report a case of successful recanalization of BTK arteries using multidisciplinary methods, including an antegrade approach and retrograde approach without the use of a sheath, but with simple balloon angioplasty, and plaque excision using Silverhawk atherectomy device.
