1. The use of color-coded duplex scanning in the selection of patients with lower extremity arterial disease for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty: a prospective study.
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Elsman BH, Legemate DA, van der Heyden FW, de Vos H, Mali WP, and Eikelboom BC
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- Angiography, Aortic Diseases diagnostic imaging, Aortic Diseases therapy, Arterial Occlusive Diseases therapy, Arteriosclerosis diagnostic imaging, Arteriosclerosis therapy, Blood Flow Velocity, Blood Pressure, Constriction, Pathologic diagnostic imaging, Constriction, Pathologic therapy, Femoral Artery diagnostic imaging, Humans, Iliac Artery diagnostic imaging, Medical History Taking, Patient Admission, Patient Care Planning, Patient Selection, Physical Examination, Popliteal Artery diagnostic imaging, Prospective Studies, Systole, Angioplasty, Balloon, Arterial Occlusive Diseases diagnostic imaging, Leg blood supply, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
- Abstract
Purpose: To exploit the potential benefits of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in patients with short obstructive lesions in the lower extremity, it is preferable to select patients suitable for PTA before proceeding to hospital admission and angiography. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the role of color-coded duplex scanning in the correct selection of patients for PTA and its influence on planning the approach to the lesion., Methods: On the basis of clinical history, physical examination, pressure indices, and ultrasound duplex scanning, 109 patients were scheduled for PTA., Results: The indication for PTA was correct in 103 patients (94%), while the procedure was performed successfully in 98 patients (90%). The approach to the lesion was planned successfully in the majority of patients., Conclusion: This study shows that it is justifiable to plan PTA on the basis of information obtained by duplex scanning. Results of the duplex scan may guide the catheterization route.
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- 1996
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