Combination of Carbon Dioxide Angiography and Outback® Elite for Revascularization of a Patient with Renal Insufficiency with Bilateral Femoropopliteal Chronic Total Occlusions

Autor: Yuhei Nojima, Shinsuke Nanto, Hidenori Adachi, Madoka Ihara, Tetsuya Kurimoto
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Cardiology, Vol 2017 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-6404
2090-6412
DOI: 10.1155/2017/8632747
Popis: A new reentry device (Outback Elite) system has been available in Japan since June 2016. This new device enables easier treatment of chronic total occlusion (CTO) in the lower extremities. We report a case of a woman in her 70s who underwent revascularization using this new device twice to treat both of her femoropopliteal CTO lesions. She was referred to our hospital complaining of intermittent claudication in both legs. She had a long history of diabetes mellitus complicated with severe chronic kidney disease. Her estimated glomerular filtration rate was
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