Patient presented with left leg intermittent claudication caused by atherosclerotic stenosis at left external iliac artery (eia) and middle of superficial femoral artery (sfa).Using intravascular ultrasonography (ivus) images, a 8.0¿40mm non-medtronic stent was deployed for eia lesion by contra-lateral approach.Dcb was chosen for treatment of 2cm lesion in the patient¿s (sfa).After preparation using 4.0¿ 40mm non-medtronic balloon, angioplasty using dcb (5.0¿40mm in.Pact admiral; medtronic, usa) was carried out at nominal pressure for 5min and resulted in 50% residual stenosis with linear dissection.Provisional stenting was not done because decent ante-grade blood flow allowed 10 extra minutes.Medication involved ongoing use of aspirin 100mg and rivaroxaban 15mg.Angiography 3 months from index procedure showed eia and sfa patency and healing of intimal dissection at sfa lesion was estimated by ivus.In angioscopy findings, red thrombus was seen in dissection cavity, but no white granular materials were seen at dcb dilated segment.
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