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Thrombolysis of bypass graft Elderly patient with previous fem distal bypass. Initially presented with a stenosis at proximal anastomosis. This was treated with angioplasty. Two weeks later represented acutely with thrombosed graft. Due to underlying problems with the graft decision made to attempt to re-canalise the native arteries. Subintimal angioplasty of native SFA and popliteal arteries […]

Patient with haemoptysis Patient coughing up large amount of blood. 66 year patient with cavitating left lung lesion likely mycetoma and haemoptysis.  CT scan showed a cavitating lesion in the left upper lobe with a filling defect in the middle. Appearances suggestive of an aspergilloma. Patient became unstable due to large volume of haemoptysis. Selective angiogram

Elderly patient with previous fem distal bypass. Initially presented with a stenosis at proximal anastomosis. This was treated with angioplasty.Two weeks later represented acutely with thrombosed graft. Due to underlying problems with the graft decision made to attempt to re-canalise the native arteries.Subintimal angioplasty of native SFA and popliteal arteries done.Zilver PTX stent placed in the SFA

Swift Ninja Catheter: Does what it says on the tin 65 year old with a left femoral renal metastasis lesion. Angiograms showing vascularity of the lesion. The two annotated images show the tortuosity of the vessel supplying the lesion. The dotted orange coloured line shows the path of the vessel. It was not possible to