Percutaneous revascularization of atherosclerotic obstruction of aortic arch vessels
Peter Hadjipetrou, MBBSa,
Stephen Cox, MBBSa,
Thomas Piemonte, MD, FACCa and
Andrew Eisenhauer, MD, FACCa
a Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
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Figure 1 (A) Aortic arch angiography demonstrates the stump of a totally occluded left subclavian artery (arrow). (B) shows a selective angiogram after recanalization and stenting. The arrows (S) indicate the stented segment; (I) the internal mammary artery and (V) the vertebral artery.
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Figure 2 Brachiobrachial systolic blood pressure differences before treatment, after stenting and at follow-up. The gradient is significantly reduced after stenting (p < 0.0001 by Student paired t test) and remained unchanged between the immediate post stent value and follow-up (p = 0.12).
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