Endovascular management of acute and chronic arterial mesenteric ischaemia: A narrative review of evidence informing interventional radiology treatment

Figure 6 Angioplasty and covered stent placement for proximal superior mesenteric artery stenosis. A: Lateral fluoroscopic image demonstrating a 45 cm 6-Fr vascular sheath with its tip in the superior mesenteric artery (arrowhead), a 0.018″ guidewire within a distal superior mesenteric artery branch, and balloon angioplasty of the proximal stenosis with a 6 mm balloon (arrow); B: Lateral fluoroscopic image following deployment of a 6 mm covered stent across the proximal stenosis (arrow). Same patient as Figures 5 and 7.