Self-expanding nitinol stents in recanalisation of long-length superficial femoral artery occlusions in patients with critical limb ischaemia

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1184-1188

  Taneja, Manish ^a   Tay, K H ^a   Sebastian, M ^b   Pasupathy, S ^b   Lin, S E ^a   Teo, T ^a   Low, R ^a   Irani, F G ^a   Chng, S P ^b   Dewan, A ^a   Tan, B S ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Department of Vascular Surgery ^*

Author keywords

Critical limb ischaemia; Long length superficial femoral artery occlusions; Self expanding nitinol stents

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; NITINOL;

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT AMPUTATION; FRACTURE; GANGRENE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB PAIN; LIMB SALVAGE; LONG LENGTH SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENOSIS; STENT; STENT THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS;

EID: 77749240237     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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