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Does percutaneous transluminal angioplasty improve symptoms and maintain vessel patency in patients with abdominal angina?
Does percutaneous transluminal angioplasty improve symptoms and maintain vessel patency in patients with abdominal angina?
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the superior mesenteric artery is a viable and durable alternative to surgical revascularization for patients with abdominal angina.
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May support nonsurgical management of abdominal angina; hypothesis-generating case series leaves open need for prospective validation.
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the superior mesenteric artery was performed on seven patients with clinical and radiographic evidence of abdominal angina. The procedure was successful in six patients thereby avoiding a revascularization procedure. Clinical and angiographic follow-up to 28 months revealed marked improvement in symptoms and continued patency of the dilated vessel.
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