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To: Jeffrey L. Henken who wrote (342)	3/29/1998 9:31:00 AM
From: Aishwarya	Respond to of 2887

Jeff i agree with you in that post. The business ABMI is very critical life sustaining equipment. Here are some notes on thrombectomy which is again going back to Blood clotting. Popliteal artery aneurysm thrombosis has historically been associated with an inordinately high rate of limbloss. The literature reports major amputation rates of 40-60% associated with popliteal artery aneurysm thrombosis. The poor success rate with limb salvage has been attributed to the severely compromised distal tibial arterial runoff found at the time of attempted bypass exclusion of the symptomatic aneurysm. Repetitive embolization from the mural thrombus, in the popliteal aneurysm, causes insidious progressive obliteration of the tibial and pedal arterial runoff until finally the outflow is so poor that secondary aneurysmal thrombosis ensues. The patient presents at the time of the final event, the aneurysm thrombosis, with limb threatening ischemia and a nonreconstructible pattern of distal occlusive disease as seen on the diagnostic angiograms. Numerous studies have shown that both short and long term limb salvage correlate with the number of patent tibial arteries found at the time of surgery. The thrombosed aneurysm with no identifiable tibial artery runoff, as seen in this case, represents the scenario with the poorest prognosis for limb salvage. It is intuitive then that if thrombolysis can restore patency of tibial arterial runoff, prior to bypass exclusion, short and long term graft patency and limb salvage should be improved. Several case reports and small series have, in fact, reported success with thrombolysis of popliteal neurysms. Historically, in the case of thrombosed popliteal aneurysms, limb salvage surgery consisted of either popliteal and tibial artery thromboembolectomy combined with bypass or bypass to an identified reconstituted distal tibial, peroneal or pedal artery. Neither of these options are optimal because of the very nature of the pathogenesis of the problem i.e. chronic distal embolization. It is contented that the chronic repetitive distal embolization affects not only the main tibial and peroneal arteries, but also the small pedal arch branches and muscular branches of the tibial arteries. These vessels are, of course, not amenable to balloon catheter thrombectomy. Yet, if these are not patent, bypass to the larger tibial arteries will not restore effective tissue perfusion. High dose intra-arterial regional thrombolysis provides not only thrombolysis of the popliteal and tibioperoneal arteries but probably also results in lysis in the smaller muscular and pedal arch branches thus providing for more effective tissue perfusion. I am providing this press release where ABMI has a real good solution and a big market if good penetration is achieved. americanbiomed.com Hope all are having a great weekend. Go ABMI !!!!! Regards, Sri.