Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of aortic graft stenoses.

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Abstract
Postoperative aortic graft anastomotic stenoses at 9 sites in 8 patients were successfully treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. There was a decrease in peak systolic pressure gradient in all 8 patients and in 7 of the 8 patient symptoms of claudication disappeared immediately after angioplasty. Of the 8 patients, 4 remained asymptomatic at follow-up. Ankle/arm indices were obtained before and after angioplasty in 5 patients with postangioplasty improvement in all 5.