title: Recanalization of a Challenging Chronic Total Occlusion of the Superficial Femoral Artery through the Profunda Femoris Using a Pure Retrograde Technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital Rue du Bugnon 46 Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zuffi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital Rue du Bugnon 46 Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.affiliation: Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biondi-Zoccai
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Pellegrino, Mantua, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turri
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital Rue du Bugnon 46 Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Catalina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trana
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital Rue du Bugnon 46 Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital Rue du Bugnon 46 Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fournier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency