Goodwin A T, Swift R I, Lewis J D, Wilkins R, Chadwick S J
Department of Vascular Surgery, Northwick Park Hospital, London, England, UK.
J R Soc Med. 1995 Aug;88(8):477P-478P.
Peripheral vascular disease is a common problem in the elderly population. This is commonly treated nowadays by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). When PTA is used in the treatment of superficial femoral artery (SFA) occlusions 35% reocclude within 1 year. Endovascular stents (uncovered) have been used to try to overcome this problem; however, results have been disappointing with reocclusion rates similar to PTA. In order to try to reduce this problem covered endovascular stents have been developed. We report the first known case in the UK of one of these stents being used in the treatment of SFA disease.
外周血管疾病在老年人群中是一个常见问题。如今，这一疾病通常采用经皮腔内血管成形术（PTA）进行治疗。当PTA用于治疗股浅动脉（SFA）闭塞时，35%的患者在1年内会再次发生闭塞。未覆膜的血管内支架已被用于尝试克服这一问题；然而，结果令人失望，再闭塞率与PTA相似。为了尝试减少这一问题，覆膜血管内支架已被研发出来。我们报告了英国首例使用此类支架治疗SFA疾病的已知病例。
