Femoropopliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for limb salvage

The role of transluminal angioplasty in limb salvage and claudication.

With the introduction of the Griintzig balloon catheter, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty has gained increased acceptance and has been used to dilate lesions in the coronary [7], renal [6, 91, mesenteric [41, aorta [5], iliac [ 11, femoral [3] and popliteal [3] arteries. In lower extremity ischemia it has been used primarily to treat patients with claudication and short segmental lesions [...

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a nonoperative mechanical dilatation of atherosclerotic coronary artery stenosis by a balloon-tipped dilating catheter system. This method can effectively reduce highly stenotic coronary lesions and provide early recovery of ischemic but viable myocardium. The technique of transluminal angioplasty was originally devised by Dotter and Judk...

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.

IN 1963 Dr Charles Dotter, a radiologist of Portland, Oregon whilst performing an aortogram by retrograde catheterisation of the right iliac artery inadvertently passed his guide wire, and then a catheter, through a complete occlusion of the artery. There was a palpable though diminished femoral pulse in the groin and the catheter was passed easily. It was only when radiographs were taken that ...

Low-Dose Paclitaxel–Coated Versus Uncoated Percutaneous Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty for Femoropopliteal Peripheral Artery Disease

BACKGROUND Numerous studies have reported favorable outcomes using drug-coated balloons (DCBs) for treatment of symptomatic peripheral artery disease of the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries. However, the treatment effect compared with an uncoated balloon has differed greatly among the randomized trials, with better outcomes observed with higher-dose DCBs. This European trial was desig...