A Dangerous Miss - Angioplasty of Chronic Total Occlusion of Entire Length of Inferior Vena Cava and Bilateral Iliac Veins.

We present a 48-year-old male patient with extensive lower-limb swelling and chronic kidney disease. Angiography revealed evidence of thrombus in the iliacs and the inferior vena cava was not visualized. Angioplasty of the entire length of the inferior vena cava is a challenging procedure. Surgery is rarely an option. Extensive skill and patience are needed and stenting is usually advised. In many cases, plain angioplasty may be done with favorable results. PMID: 31158813 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Invasive Cardiol Source Type: research