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Would this just be 34203? "Clamps were placed on the legs to make a transverse arteriotomy in the common femoral, and we first identified the profunda femoral, passed a #3 Fogarty balloon to 15 cm, and then brought it back with a small amount of clot and excellent backbleeding. A second pass revealed no further clot, and so we placed a bulldog on that and turned our attention to the SFA. A 5 mm Foley balloon was advanced down the SFA and into the anterior tibial to 60 cm. The balloon was inflated and brought back with return of clot. A second inflation did as well and the third revealed nothing further. Clot was removed There was some spasm and the anterior tibial had some spasm in it The peroneal was essentially occluded as was the posterior tibial. We used a TrailBlazer catheter and an angled Glidewire to get into the posterior tibial and we were able to get down to the level of the foot and placed a catheter, embolectomy balloon into the posterior tibial artery brought the clot back into the artery with no futher debris."