Successful percutaneous angioplasty and stenting of the radial artery in a patient with chronic upper extremity ischemia and digital gangrene

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 426-428

  Dineen, Sean ^a   Smith, Stephen ^a   Arko, Frank R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical limb ischemia; Digits; Gangrene; Hand; Occlusion; Radial artery; Stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; FINGER AMPUTATION; FINGER GANGRENE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SKIN ULCER; STENT; ULNAR ARTERY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FINGERS; GANGRENE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 34447336976     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/06-2017.1     Document Type: Article

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