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Percutaneous balloon angioplasty with stent placement for celiac artery stenosis.. 
A. Non-selective angiography (lateral view) showing ostial and proximal segment stenosis of the celiac artery. (The inset shows a close-up view of the stenosis; arrow).
B. PTA balloon inflated showing "waist" formation (arrow).
C. Residual stenosis (arrow) after initial PTA.
D. Stent
in-situ with no residual stenosis (arrow).
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The length of the narrowed segment, the diameter of the stenosed segment and the nearby normal segment were measured, expert consultation was done, and the patient was scheduled for subsequent therapeutic catheterization including percutaneous balloon angioplasty (PTA) with or without stent placement ( Figure 1A). A 4 mm diameter percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA) balloon was passed over the 0.014' GW and dilatation of the ostial and proximal segment of the CA was done (reaching nominal pressure and kept inflated for 30 seconds) ( Figure 1B and C). An angiography conducted after this procedure, showed a diameter equal to the nearby normal segment ( Figure 1D).
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