title: Value of covered stents to improve patency of long-segment SFA revascularization.
abstract: Endovascular treatment has become first-line approach for revascularization of long and complex femoropopliteal lesions in many centers. This development urges the need for endovascular approaches with a sustainable success in terms of patency. In several recently published trials the Viabahn® endoprosthesis by Gore (W.L. Gore Inc, Flagstaff, AZ, USA) has shown promising patency rates comparable or even better than traditional surgical bypass procedures with prosthetic material.
authors.affiliation: Department of Angiology, University-Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Germany - ulrich.beschorner@herzzentrum.de.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Beschorner
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zeller
mesh_terms: D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency