Table 1.
Summary of patients.
|
Pt No. |
Age/ Sex |
Presenting symptoms |
Onset |
Device (diameter x length mm) |
F/U Study & Result |
Clinical F/U period |
Comments |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balloon pre/post | Stent | |||||||
| 1 | 53/M | Dizziness, arm weakness |
12 m | Ultra-soft SV 4x2 Ultra-soft SV 7x2 |
Precise 10x4 |
29 m CTA Good patency |
31 m | - |
| 2 | 60/M | Arm pain & tingling sense |
7 m | Maverick 2x1.5 Ultra-soft SV 5x2 Ultra-soft SV 7x2 |
Precise 9x4 |
12 m CTA Good patency |
20 m | Protective device was used |
| 3 | 58/F | Arm coolness & tingling sense |
10 m | Maverick 3x2 Ultra-soft SV 6x2 |
Precise 8 x4 |
10 m CTA Good patency |
10 m | VA arose directly from the aorta |
| Note.- CTA = CT angiography, VA = vertebral artery, Ultra-soft SV (BostonScientific Scimed Inc. | ||||||||
| MN, U.S.A.), Maverick (Boston Scientific Corp., Natick, Massachusetts), Precise (Cordis Corp, Miami,FL, USA). | ||||||||
| All the lesions were in the left subclavian artery. | ||||||||