Using a Peptide Inhibitor of the Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Platelet Receptor
Initial Experience in Patients with Acute Peripheral Arterial Occlusions
Hyo-Chun Yoon1,2 and
Franklin J. Miller, Jr.1
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Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 1A-71 SOM, 50
N. Medical Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
2
Present address: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Kaiser Moanalua Medical
Center, 3288 Moanalua Rd., Honolulu, HI 96819.

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Fig. 1A. 49-year-old man with acute onset left lower extremity
ischemia. Preliminary angiogram shows left common iliac artery occlusion with
cross-pelvic reconstitution of left internal iliac artery.
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Fig. 1B. 49-year-old man with acute onset left lower extremity
ischemia. Angiogram obtained after lytic therapy reveals two foci of irregular
narrowing of left common iliac artery. Hemodynamically relevant gradient was
measured across superior lesion.
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Fig. 1C. 49-year-old man with acute onset left lower extremity
ischemia. Angiogram obtained after stent placement shows no residual
gradient.
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Fig. 2A. 68-year-old man with right femoroperoneal bypass graft
occlusion. Preliminary angiogram shows infusion catheter positioned at origin
of femoroperoneal bypass graft that initially could not be crossed with a
guidewire.
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Fig. 2B. 68-year-old man with right femoroperoneal bypass graft
occlusion. Angiogram obtained after 24 hr of lytic therapy confirms
femoroperoneal bypass graft is widely patent.
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Fig. 2C. 68-year-old man with right femoroperoneal bypass graft
occlusion. Angiogram just distal to peroneal anastomosis reveals focal
high-grade stenosis (arrow) with collateral flow present. Short jump
graft was surgically placed to bypass this lesion.
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