title: Endovascular therapy for atherosclerotic occlusion and stenosis from the infrarenal aorta to the infrapopliteal arteries.
abstract: Aortoiliac and peripheral vascular disease that cannot be treated medically is generally treated by vascular surgeons and/or interventional radiologists. Advances in technology have allowed endovascular therapy to become a therapeutic option for atherosclerotic disease from the aorta to the femoropopliteal region. Distal peripheral disease is still approached surgically; however, further technological advances may lead to a more active role for endovascular therapy at this level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Box 1234, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: F Scott
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Nowakowski
authors.forename: Hank J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000628:therapy; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery*