ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA AT THE SITE OF BALLOON DILATATION COMPLICATING FEMOROPOPLITEAL ANGIOPLASTY

Authors
MALCOLM PN KING DH CRABBE RW TAYLOR PR REIDY JF
Citation
Pn. Malcolm et al., ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA AT THE SITE OF BALLOON DILATATION COMPLICATING FEMOROPOPLITEAL ANGIOPLASTY, Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 20(1), 1997, pp. 54-56
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01741551
Volume
20
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
54 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-1551(1997)20:1<54:AATSOB>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We describe an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) at the site of balloon dila tation immediately after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) o f the femoropopliteal artery. This occurred during an otherwise uncomp licated angioplasty with a good clinical result. The AVF closed sponta neously within 2 months as monitored by color duplex ultrasound. This uncommon complication of PTA is not widely recognized.