Kazunori Horie, Mitsuyoshi Takahara, Tatsuya Nakama, Kazuki Tobita, Akiko Tanaka, Yoshiaki Shintani, Yoshinori Tsubakimoto, Naoki Yoshioka, Naoki Hayakawa, Shinya Sasaki, Yo Iwata, Kenji Ogata, Tomonari Takagi, Tatsuki Doijiri, Masahiko Fujihara
PURPOSE: Surgical thromboendarterectomy has been the gold standard treatment for common femoral artery (CFA) disease. However, endovascular therapy (EVT) is conducted in certain patients with CFA lesions because of multiple comorbidities. The interwoven nitinol stent (IWS) has been developed to prevent stent fracture. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of EVT using IWS for CFA lesions in clinical practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective multicenter registry analyzed patients who had symptomatic lower-extremity artery disease due to CFA lesions and underwent EVT using IWS between 2019 and 2021...
February 18, 2024: Journal of Endovascular Therapy