Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5598438 | Annals of Vascular Surgery | 2017 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to describe a minimally invasive alternative endovascular technique for the treatment of chronically occluded stents when it is not possible to cross them endoluminally. A 71-year-old patient with recurrent severe lower limb claudication due to occlusion of a stent placed in the common iliac artery 5Â years earlier underwent subintimal recanalization of the stented segment and restenting after failed intraluminal approach. The postoperative computed tomography scan showed that the restented segment was patent with a flattening of the previous stent. Five years postoperatively the patient remains free from symptoms and the recanalized arteries are still patent at ultrasound.
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Authors
Giuseppe Asciutto, Roberta M. Brambilla, Ioannis Bountouris, Martin Malina, Nuno V. Dias,