Endovascular therapy of lower extremity arterial occlusive disease: are advanced generation devices worth the cost?
Endovascular recanalization has a relatively small but important role in the treatment of arterial occlusive disease. The balloon angioplasty catheter remains the most versatile and successful tool for transluminal therapy. A multitude of advanced generation devices have been developed in recent years; of these, intravascular stents are gradually emerging as most useful and capable of enhancing the results of angioplasty in selected instances.
Criado
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Maryland Vascular Institute, Baltimore 21218-2895.
D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D017073:Atherectomy; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D015607:Stents