Akkuş, Nuri Ilker Searcy Medical Center - Department of Cardiology, USA

Cuttig balloon use in below knee disease

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Dear Editor, A 73-year-old white male has been admitted with pain in his feet. Lower extremity angiogram revealed 70% lesion in the ostium of the left anterior tibial artery which was the only vessel supplying the foot (Figure 1). A wire was advanced up the distal anterior tibial artery. A 6 x 45 cm sheath was advanced over the wire. In order to minimize plaque shifting to peroneal artery, a 3,5 x 10 mm cutting balloon was advanced over the wire and inflated. Post inflation there was no significant residual stenosis (Figure 2).

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Peripreral artery disease , cutting balloon

Medical Journal Of Suleyman Demirel University

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