title: [Remote results of endovascular atherectomy with the SilverHawk device].
abstract: The authors studied the remote results of 27 endovascular catheter atherectomies performed in 25 patients. All patients had lesions of arteries of the femoropopliteal segment according to the TASC II classification. The duration of follow up varied from 6 to 34 months. Endovascular catheter atherectomy was carried out by means of the SilverHawk EV3 system with protection of the distal bed from embolism using Spider EV3. Our findings prove that catheter atherectomy with the SilverHawk system is most efficient it treatment of short stenotic lesions, lesions localizing in the zone of increased dynamic activity, multi-level lesions of arteries of the femoropopliteal segment, as well as short lesions in patients suffering from diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Surgery named after A.V. Vishnevsky under the RF Ministry of Public Health, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Khovalkin
authors.affiliation: Municipal Clinical Hospital No31, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Khachaturov
authors.affiliation: Institute of Surgery named after A.V. Vishnevsky under the RF Ministry of Public Health, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Tsygankov
authors.affiliation: Scientific Research Institute of Clinical Surgery under the Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kapranov
authors.affiliation: Scientific Research Institute of Emergency Ambulance Care named after N.V. Sklifosovsky, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Kokov
authors.affiliation: Institute of Surgery named after A.V. Vishnevsky under the RF Ministry of Public Health, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Filippova
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017073:Atherectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex