Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty: Experience at Westmead Centre

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Abstract
SUMMARY: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), or “balloon dilatation”, has been used on 83 occasions in 78 patients to treat short segment stenoses or occlusions of the iliac, femoropopliteal and renal arteries. There were five immediate failures, and, of those successfully treated, patency has been maintained in 91 % for a follow‐up period ranging from one month to two years with a mean of 10 months.PTA is a valuable adjunct in the treatment of patients with peripheral vascular disease. Operation may be avoided in a significant number of patients and PTA may be the only treatment possible in patients in whom arterial reconstruction is not feasible because of poor distal vessels. Close cooperation between radiologist and vascular surgeon is essential.