Ahmed Mohammed Kamal; Haitham Mostafa Elmaleh; and Mahmoud Saad Farahat
Mustafa AboEl-Soud, Ashraf El-Sebaie, Ayman Noaman
Mohamed Sabry, (M.Sc.); Ahmed Samir Hosny, M.D.MRCS (ED); Ahmed El Mahrouky. M.D. MRCS (Eng); Ahmed Gamal. M.D. MRCS (Eng)
Aly H. Mebed, 2Ahmed A. Kotb
Hany Abdel Mawla Mohamed M.Sc, Maher Abd ElMoneim M.D, Mohamed EL-Maadawy M.D.
Amr Elbahaey, Amr Abdulbaky, Hasan Soliman, Ashraf Hidayet
Mustafa AboEl-Soud, Ashraf El-Sebaie, Ayman Noaman, Tamer Mousaad
Wael L Tobar, Ahmed Abdel Moaty El Nagaar
Hany A. Balamoun MD FRCS, Mohamed Y. Aly MD MRCS, Ahmed Abd Al Aziz MD MRCS, Mahmoud Ameen MSc
Mohamed Hazem MD, Ashraf Abolfotooh Khalil MD, Sameh Elnomany MD, Amr Ibrahim Fouad MD
Ayman M. A. Ali MD. & Ahmed Gaber Mahmoud MD.
1Al-Salami A., Al- Saleh, Saleh Al-S., Al-Arami A.
1Al-Salami A., 2Mohammed A., 2Abdulelah G., 2†Bakhder I. M.
MoatasemBellah Abdel HameedErfan, Mahmoud FouadReda , Ahmad Gamal El Din Fouad , Mohammed Ali Hassan , Mohamed Hossny El Dessoki
Tarek Hegazy MD , Nader Zaki MD
Role Of Subintimal Angioplasty In Recanalization Of TASC B&C Lesions Of The Superficial Femoral Artery
A prospective study aimed to evaluate the role of subintimal angioplasty in recanalization of TASC B&C
lesions of superficial femoral artery, regarding the feasibility, the durability and the complications. Fifty
seven patients with femoropopliteal occlusive disease were subjected to percutaneous angioplasty either
transluminal or subintimal. Patients were followed up both clinically and by duplex scanning at 1,6and12
months after the procedure. Patient and Method: Among of the 57 patients 26 had percutaneous
transluminal angioplasty (PTA) while 31 had subintimal angioplasty (SIA). Lesions were TASC B in 20
cases and TASC C in 37 cases. Diabetes was the main co-morbidity in 41cases (72%). Gangrene was the
main presentation in 24cases (42.1%). Calcifications were present in 23cases (40%). Single distal runoff
was present in 21cases (36.8%). Results: Patency rate after one year of follow up as determined by clinical
evaluation was 85.1%,83.3% in SIA and PTA cases respectively whereas duplex study showed popliteal
triphasic flow in 85.1%,62.2% in SIA and PTA cases respectively. At the end of one year follow up, Reocclusion of the SFA occurred in sixteen patients, Twelve (75%) of them were diabetics and seven (43.7) of
them had heavy SFA calcifications. Eleven of occluded SFA cases had only one distal run off vessel.
Conclusion: We recommend SIA to be considered in treatment of SFA lesions especially after failure of
translumial crossing and with long heavy calcified ones. SIA is technically feasible, safe, and provides
satisfactory revascularization with nearly same results as percutaneous angioplasty (PTA). Calcification is
one of the intra operative factors that affects technical difficulty and again long term ( one year or more )
patency especially in the SIA.
Keywords: Subintimal angioplasty, superficial femoral artery, TASC B&C.. .