Retrograde posterior tibial artery access for below-the-knee percutaneous revascularization by means of sheathless approach and double wire technique

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 773-777

  Fusaro, M ^a   Dalla Paola, L ^a   Biondi Zoccai, G G L ^a,b  

^a Abano Terme Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Access, arterial; Angioplasty, transluminal, percutaneous; Lower extremity, ischemia; Peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMORAL ARTERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; TIBIAL ARTERY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TIBIAL ARTERIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847246522     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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