title: Endovascular treatment of the common femoral artery for limb ischemia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the short- and mid-term outcomes of percutaneous endovascular common femoral artery (CFA) revascularization (eCFR) of the CFA.
  
  
  METHODS
  A review of patients who underwent eCFR for limb ischemia between 2006 and 2012 was performed. Limb salvage, patient survival, survival free from reintervention, and survival free from amputation rates were determined. Median (range) follow-up was 28 (1-71) months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all, 115 patients underwent 121 eCFR for CFA occlusion (n = 13) or stenosis (n = 108); 109 (90%) were technically successful and 7 (6%) had significant perioperative complications; access site hematoma (n = 2) and thromboembolism (n = 5). Thirty-day mortality and amputation rates were 2.5% and 0.8%, respectively. The 1- and 3-year limb salvage rates were 97% and 97%, respectively. The 1- and 3-year survival free from reintervention rates were 77% and 57%, respectively. The 1- and 3-year survival free from amputation rates were 84% and 70%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These novel data demonstrate that eCFR is a durable treatment for patients with limb ischemia associated with CFA disease.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Radiology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: Robert S M
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Adair
authors.forename: Amman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bolia
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fishwick
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sayers
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D023821:Limb Salvage; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: common femoral artery; peripheral angioplasty; peripheral arterial disease