title: What's past is prologue.
abstract: Above knee and below knee patency for synthetic endografts are vastly different. Long-term data is encouragingly similar to synthetic bypass grafting. Optimize use of synthetic endografts in above knee femoropopliteal segments in non-critical limb ischemia patients.
authors: Section of Vascular Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114.
authors: Robert M
authors: RM
authors: Schainfeld
authors: Manu
authors: M
authors: Rajachandran
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery*