Transluminal balloon angioplasty in diabetic peripheral vascular disease.

Abstract

Transluminal (balloon) angioplasty of iliac or superficial femoral stenoses in 18 diabetic patients resulted in a significant improvement in ankle/brachial systolic pressure index with marked symptomatic improvement in 16, little change in one and deterioration requiring arterial bypass surgery in one patient. Follow-up for 12 months or more showed that the initial good results were sustained despite a downward drift in ankle pressures. These findings indicate that transluminal angioplasty has a useful place in the management of proximal atherosclerotic stenotic lesions in diabetic patients with symptomatic peripheral vascular disease.

• Authors: J R Burnett, J A Walsh, P R Howard, P J Phillips, G T Fon, P A Dupont, R K Foreman, M J James, P N Kneller
• Journal: The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery (Aust N Z J Surg) Vol. 57 Issue 5 Pg. 307-9 (May 1987) ISSN: 0004-8682 [Print] Australia
• PMID: 2956941 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Angioplasty, Balloon
• Arterial Occlusive Diseases (therapy)
• Diabetic Angiopathies (therapy)
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Retrospective Studies