Chaoyi Cui, Xintian Huang, Xiaobing Liu, Weimin Li, Xinwu Lu, Min Lu, Mier Jiang, Minyi Yin
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate efficacy, safety, and midterm patency of endovascular treatment of obstructive popliteal artery (PA) disease. METHODS: A retrospective evaluation of patients with atherosclerotic PA disease who underwent percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty and provisional stent, based on both conventional and dynamic angiographies, was conducted from June 2011 to June 2014. Forty-three patients were included in the study, and most patients had limited surgical revascularization options...
January 2017: Journal of Vascular Surgery