TY - BOOK AU - Haitham Ahmad Abdulazez AU - Ahmad Gamal Eldin Fouad , AU - Ayman Mohamed Atef Elsamadoni , AU - Mohamed Hosni Eldessoky , TI - Subintimal angioplasty for the management of long segment occlusions of the superficial femoral artery , feasibility and short term results / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Haitham Ahmad Abdulazez , KW - Feasibility and short term KW - Long segment SFA occlusive diseases KW - Subintimal intimial angioplasty N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - Subintimal angioplasty is such a procedure that provides a means to open a totally occluded blood vessel . This technique requires that a wire pass within the wall of a blood vessel but not within the occluded " true " lumen of the vessel . Once a wire has been re - entered into the natural , true lumen of the blood vessel , below the occlusion , a ballon is used to open this new pathway UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -