Case Report

Angioplasty to the Axillo-Axillary By-Pass Graft in a Patient with Behçet’s Disease

  • Hürkan KURŞAKLIOĞLU
  • Atila İYİSOY
  • Turgay ÇELİK
  • Basri AMASYALI
  • Sedat KÖSE
  • Ersoy IŞIK

Received Date: Accepted Date: 08.11.2004 Gulhane Med J 2005;47(1):54-57

Both coronary artery and subclavian artey involvement can be found in patients with Behçet's disease. In this report, we present an angioplasty procedure to the totally occluded axillo-axillary graft in a patient with Behçet's disease who underwent both coronary by-pass and a shunt operation between the right and left subclavıan arteries. Also, we highlight the specific issues about this procedure.

Keywords: Angioplasty, Axillo-Axillary By-pass, Behçet's Disease