title: The endovascular approach for in-stent restenosis in femoropopliteal disease.
abstract: In-stent restenosis remains one of the main drawbacks of stenting the femoropopliteal segment, and leads to stent failure and repeated interventions. A variety of endovascular techniques have been investigated so far to reduce this phenomenon, including plain angioplasty, atherectomy, new stent deployment, cutting balloons and cryoplasty but without satisfactory mid- and long-term results. More recently drug-eluting devices have been applied in femoropopliteal in-stent restenosis with promising results. The aim of this review is to analyse the indication and effectiveness of those endovascular techniques for the treatment of in-stent restenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cannavale
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsetis
authors.forename: Miltiadis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krokidis
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: angioplasty; in-stent restenosis; peripheral vascular disease; stent