1. Arteriovenous fistula at the site of balloon dilatation complicating femoropopliteal angioplasty
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Paul N. Malcolm, John F. Reidy, David H. King, Ray W. Crabbe, and P R Taylor
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congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Percutaneous ,Popliteal Vein ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Arteriovenous fistula ,Femoral artery ,Ischemia ,medicine.artery ,Angioplasty ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,Popliteal Artery ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,cardiovascular diseases ,Aged ,Leg ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Vascular disease ,Angiography ,Femoral Vein ,medicine.disease ,Popliteal artery ,Surgery ,Femoral Artery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Arteriovenous Fistula ,Female ,Radiology ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Angioplasty, Balloon ,Artery - Abstract
We describe an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) at the site of balloon dilatation immediately after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the femoropopliteal artery. This occurred during an otherwise uncomplicated angioplasty with a good clinical result. The AVF closed spontaneously within 2 months as monitored by color duplex ultrasound. This uncommon complication of PTA is not widely recognized.
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- 1997
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