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Stent deployment for peripheral venous stenosis as a result of radiation therapy
Wayne J Franklin1, Neil E Strickman, Robert J Hall
1Division of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. wjm@bcm.tmc.edu
Abstract:
Arterial occlusive disease is a well-known complication of radiation therapy, but venous thrombosis and occlusion after radiotherapy may also occur. We report the use of an endovascular stent to treat a patient who developed peripheral venous stenosis 4 years after radiation therapy for malignant melanoma.