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Percutaneous endoluminal stent-graft repair of an old traumatic femoral arteriovenous fistula

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A stent-graft was custom made to close a high-flow traumatic arteriovenous fistula of the left superficial femoral artery, present for 30 years, in a 60-year-old man with congestive heart failure and ischemic ulceration in the left foot. A balloon expandable Palmaz stent (P394; 2.5 mm × 3.9 cm) was covered with a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft and was inserted percutaneously through an 11 Fr vascular sheath. Follow-up Doppler ultrasound at 6 months demonstrated occlusion of the arteriovenous fistula, patency of the artery, and luminal integrity of the artery and vein.

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  1. Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, 29425-9737, Charleston, SC, USA

    Renan Uflacker M.D.

  2. Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, 29425-9737, Charleston, SC, USA

    Bruce M. Elliott

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Uflacker, R., Elliott, B.M. Percutaneous endoluminal stent-graft repair of an old traumatic femoral arteriovenous fistula. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 19, 120–122 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02563907

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