title: A clinical survey of vascular stents.
abstract: As a result of the many different potential locations to be treated, it is still difficult to evaluate the indications for efficacy and safety of non-coronary percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and stenting versus surgical methods, such as endarterectomy or bypass grafts. This paper reviews pertinent data published in the last 5-10 years and gives an overview of the main peripheral minimally invasive vascular interventional fields.