Hodgson T J, Gaines P A, Beard J D
Department of Radiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1994 Nov-Dec;17(6):333-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00203953.
Acute lower limb ischemia secondary to Buerger's disease in a young patient responded to thrombolysis and subsequent popliteal and anterior artery angioplasty. The value of angioplasty in non-limb-threatening ischemia in Buerger's disease has not been established but this case illustrates a role for thrombolysis and angioplasty in acute ischemia.