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Title: Perivascular Inflammatory Reaction After Percutaneous Placement of Covered Stents

Abstract

A 52-year-old woman with an extensive superficial femoral artery occlusion was treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Because of extensive dissections, two covered stents were placed percutaneously. The intervention was successful with respect to vessel patency, but local pain and fever developed 5 hr after the intervention. Swelling of the thigh occurred, but deep venous thrombosis was excluded. MRI revealed pronounced soft-tissue edema in the adductor canal that persisted for 4 weeks. The fever responded to antiinflammatory medication, but the pain remained for 4 weeks. The vessel was patent at the last follow-up, 8 weeks after graft placement. Soft-tissue edema after percutaneous placement of covered stents has been reported previously. The cause of the inflammatory reaction is unclear.

Authors:
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  1. Department of Radiology, Christian Albrechts University, Arnold Heller Strasse 9, D-24105 Kiel (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21080509
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 19; Journal Issue: 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s002709900073; Copyright (c) 1996 Springer-Verlag New York Inc; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0174-1551
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ARTERIES; EDEMA; FEVER; GRAFTS; INFLAMMATION; NMR IMAGING; PAIN; PATENTS; SWELLING; THROMBOSIS

Citation Formats

Link, Johann, Mueller-Huelsbeck, Stefan, Brossmann, Joachim, Steffens, Johann C, and Heller, Martin. Perivascular Inflammatory Reaction After Percutaneous Placement of Covered Stents. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.1007/S002709900073.
Link, Johann, Mueller-Huelsbeck, Stefan, Brossmann, Joachim, Steffens, Johann C, & Heller, Martin. Perivascular Inflammatory Reaction After Percutaneous Placement of Covered Stents. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/S002709900073
Link, Johann, Mueller-Huelsbeck, Stefan, Brossmann, Joachim, Steffens, Johann C, and Heller, Martin. 1996. "Perivascular Inflammatory Reaction After Percutaneous Placement of Covered Stents". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/S002709900073.
@article{osti_21080509,
title = {Perivascular Inflammatory Reaction After Percutaneous Placement of Covered Stents},
author = {Link, Johann and Mueller-Huelsbeck, Stefan and Brossmann, Joachim and Steffens, Johann C and Heller, Martin},
abstractNote = {A 52-year-old woman with an extensive superficial femoral artery occlusion was treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Because of extensive dissections, two covered stents were placed percutaneously. The intervention was successful with respect to vessel patency, but local pain and fever developed 5 hr after the intervention. Swelling of the thigh occurred, but deep venous thrombosis was excluded. MRI revealed pronounced soft-tissue edema in the adductor canal that persisted for 4 weeks. The fever responded to antiinflammatory medication, but the pain remained for 4 weeks. The vessel was patent at the last follow-up, 8 weeks after graft placement. Soft-tissue edema after percutaneous placement of covered stents has been reported previously. The cause of the inflammatory reaction is unclear.},
doi = {10.1007/S002709900073},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21080509}, journal = {Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology},
issn = {0174-1551},
number = 5,
volume = 19,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Sun Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
}