caa a22 4500 469118148 CHVBK 20180323133130.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02733924 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02733924 Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of tibial arteries for limb salvage [Elektronische Daten] [Marwan Saab, Douglas Smith, Paul Aka, Robert Brownlee, J. Killeen] Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTA) was performed in 17 tibial arteries with an average cross-sectional area stenosis of 92% (range 75-99%) in 13 patients (14 limbs) for limb salvage. In 4 of 14 lower extremities, PTA of femoropopliteal arteries was also performed. Technical success with 50% or less residual stenosis was achieved in all 17 tibial vessels. At approximately 2 months after PTA, clinical improvement had occurred in 10 of 14 limbs; no patient was made worse. Most recent follow-up (mean 19 months, range 8-34 months) revealed continued satisfactory clinical success with no further vascular intervention in 9 of these 10 limbs (one patient died). Short segmental stenoses, residual stenoses less than 40% following PTA, and absence of diabetes or gangrene appear to be predictors of favorable clinical outcomes. Our results suggest that PTA of focal tibial stenosis is an effective and safe treatment modality in properly selected patients and that wider use of PTA may be justified. Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1992 Arteries nationallicence Stenosis nationallicence Tibial nationallicence Transluminal angioplasty nationallicence Saab Marwan Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson Street, 92354, Loma Linda, CA, USA aut Smith Douglas Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson Street, 92354, Loma Linda, CA, USA aut Aka Paul Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA aut Brownlee Robert Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA aut Killeen J. Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA aut CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology Springer-Verlag 15/4(1992-07-01), 211-216 0174-1551 15:4<211 1992 15 270 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02733924 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02733924 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Saab Marwan Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson Street, 92354, Loma Linda, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Smith Douglas Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson Street, 92354, Loma Linda, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aka Paul Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brownlee Robert Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Killeen J. Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology Springer-Verlag 15/4(1992-07-01), 211-216 0174-1551 15:4<211 1992 15 270 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer