AN AUDIT OF PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTIES IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER-LIMB ISCHEMIA IN A DISTRICT GENERAL-HOSPITAL OVER A PERIOD OF10 YEARS

Authors
HEATH DI BARRY J BYRNE A SMITH R HARPER D
Citation
Di. Heath et al., AN AUDIT OF PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTIES IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER-LIMB ISCHEMIA IN A DISTRICT GENERAL-HOSPITAL OVER A PERIOD OF10 YEARS, Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 41(2), 1996, pp. 108-113
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358835
Volume
41
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
108 - 113
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8835(1996)41:2<108:AAOPTA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Since being described in 1964,(1) percutaneous transluminal balloon an gioplasty has developed an increasingly important role in the manageme nt of vascular stenoses and occlusions. In this study we examine the r esults of percutaneous transluminal angioplasties performed for sympto matic peripheral vascular disease in a district general hospital.