Percutaneous transluminal aortic angioplasty: techniques and results

Radiology. 1989 Sep;172(3 Pt 2):965-70. doi: 10.1148/172.3.965.

Abstract

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the infrarenal abdominal aorta has been reported by a few authors. In the present series, aortic stenoses in 32 patients were treated with various percutaneous angioplasty techniques. Isolated aortic stenoses and primary aortic stenoses extending into the iliac arteries were successfully dilated. The initial success rate was 100%, without evidence of rupture, thrombosis, dissection, or distal embolization. In only three of the 28 patients who returned for follow-up did symptoms recur or noninvasive vascular laboratory indexes deteriorate (mean follow-up, 25 months). Percutaneous transluminal aortic angioplasty has proved safe and efficacious in the treatment of atherosclerotic aortic stenoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / methods*
  • Aorta, Abdominal
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged