Retrograde Trans-Femoral Approach for Successful Per- cutaneous Angioplasty in a Diabetic Patient with Ischemic Hand Ulcer: A Case Report

Retrograde Trans-Femoral Approach for Successful Per- cutaneous Angioplasty in a Diabetic Patient with Ischemic Hand Ulcer: A Case Report

Hand ischemia is a rare complication of diabetes and some other chronic vascular diseases. Critical hand ischemia causes painful limbs and disability and requires urgent revascularization. There have been a few reports of successful trans-brachial percutaneous angioplasty in the upper extremity in...

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Main Authors: Zohreh Annabestani, SeyedEbrahim Kassaian, MohammadReza Mohajeri-Tehrani, Shahrzad Mohseni, Sepideh Saroukhani, Bagher Larijani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Tehran University Heart Center
Subjects:
Diabetes mellitus • Diabetes complications • Angioplasty
Online Access:https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/312

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