Korean Circ J.  2012 Feb;42(2):125-128. 10.4070/kcj.2012.42.2.125.

Below the Knee Intervention Using Multidisciplinary Methods Including an Antegrade, Retrograde Approach Without the Use of a Sheath but With a Plaque Excision Device

• An HM
• Kang WY
• Kim YH
• Lim CH
• Hwang SH
• Kim W
• Kim W

• KMID: 1826386
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2012.42.2.125

Abstract

Below the knee (BTK) interventions are increasing in patients with rest pain or critical limb ischemia, and these interventions are frequently successful in facilitating limb salvage. New intervention techniques and devices allow successful recanalization of occluded BTK arteries. Here, we report a case of successful recanalization of BTK arteries using multidisciplinary methods, including an antegrade approach and retrograde approach without the use of a sheath, but with simple balloon angioplasty, and plaque excision using Silverhawk atherectomy device.

Keyword

Peripheal arterial disease; Ischemia; Angioplasty; Atherectomy

MeSH Terms

Angioplasty
Angioplasty, Balloon
Arteries
Atherectomy
Extremities
Humans
Ischemia
Knee
Limb Salvage

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