RT Journal
A1 Widlus DM, Osterman FA
T1 INterventional procedures in peripheral atherosclerotic disease-reply
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1989
FD November 3
VO 262
IS 17
SP 2388
OP 2388
DO 10.1001/jama.1989.03430170047024
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03430170047024
AB In Reply.— 
    We thank Dr Kaufman for his interest in our article and for the favorable comments he has concerning the uses of interventional radiological procedures in the treatment of atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease. We have attempted to outline the indications for arteriography in these patients, which at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md, do include failure of a strict walking program to alleviate severe life-style-altering claudication as well as symptoms of acute arterial occlusion such as loss of distal pulse rates, pallor with a cold extremity, and neurological changes. We certainly agree with Dr Kaufman that symptomatology, the presence of ischemic skin changes, and severely decreased pulse pressures as demonstrated by Doppler recordings aid in the identification of patients who will best benefit from therapeutic procedures.We concur with Dr Kaufman about the use of percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty in the management of patients in a limb-salvage situation, as