Table 1. Distribution of therapies initiated after detection of either vascular or MSK pathologies by CTA.
Primary pathology detected in CTA | Therapy | Number of cases |
---|---|---|
Vascular (n = 123) | Embolectomy/ Surgical intervention | 36 |
PTA with stent placement | 34 | |
PTA without stent placement | 26 | |
Bypass | 18 | |
Drug therapy | 4 | |
Amputation | 4 | |
Catheter-assisted lysis | 1 | |
Musculoskeletal (n = 9) | Spinal fusion | 4 |
Periradicular therapy | 4 | |
Drug therapy | 1 |
In both groups most patients had surgical or radiological interventions. Conservative therapy was only performed in a small fraction of patients. Numbers are given as absolute values.