Percutaneous transluminal angioplsty in arteriosclerosis

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty(PTA) is a non-operative therapeutic procedure to the dilation ofstenosis or to the recanalization of occlusion in artherosclesrotic atherosclerotic arteries using of dilatationcatheters. PTA was performed 37 times in 34 patients with arteriosclerosis for 1 year and 4 months from March.,1982 to June, 1983 at department of radiology, Klinikum Barmen/west Germany. The results were as follows; 1. Themale to female ratio was 2:1 and peak age range was from 61 to 70. 2. The most common indication was clinicalstage II b with 19 cases(51.3%) 3. PTA was performed most commonly in superficial femoral artery in 25cases(67.5%). 4. Acute major complication occurred in 2 cases(5.4%). PTA is a alternative or complementarytherapeutic procedure to vascular surgery.