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Assess the efficacy, procedural success, and clinical outcomes of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for treating atherosclerotic lesions in brachiocephalic vessels.

March 1, 1982American Journal of RoentgenologyOpen Access

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the brachiocephalic arteries

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AMAmir MotarjemeAdvocate Good Samaritan Hospital JKJ W Keifer AZA J Zuska

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Clinical series demonstrates high success of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in brachiocephalic stenosis, indicating safe symptom relief without procedural complications.

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Assess the efficacy, procedural success, and clinical outcomes of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for treating atherosclerotic lesions in brachiocephalic vessels.
Interventional series involving 20 patients treated over a 2.5-year period for atherosclerotic lesions across 22 brachiocephalic arteries.
Treated vessels comprised 13 vertebral, 7 subclavian, 1 common carotid, and 1 external carotid artery.
Clinical follow-up tracked symptom recurrence and procedural complications, with follow-up reaching up to 30 months.
Achieved successful vessel dilatation in 19 of 22 arteries (86.4%), with failures occurring in two vertebral arteries and one attempted subclavian recanalization.
Zero procedural complications were encountered during any of the interventions.
No symptom recurrence occurred in any successfully treated patient, with the first treated individual remaining asymptomatic at 30 months.

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Motarjeme et al. (1982) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa920a241c17eda1a8cb2c4 https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.138.3.457

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Clinical series demonstrates high success of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in brachiocephalic stenosis, indicating safe symptom relief without procedural complications.

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the brachiocephalic arteries

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