Angioplasty of the arteries of the aorto-iliac region.

• Autor(a) principal: Pisco, J M
• Data de Publicação: 1992
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/3258

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the aorto-iliac arteries was performed in 92 patients with atherosclerotic lesions. The initial success was 87.8% and the late one was 69.4%. The late results were evaluated objectively in 58 patients, 36 of which were studied by angiography and the remaining by Doppler. There were 6.6% of complications, in 2.8% of which surgery was performed. There was no mortality. The good initial and late results and the low morbility suggest that PTA is a good revascularization procedure. The best results were obtained in symptomatic patients with a short and significant stenosis or occlusion.