Patient ‐level meta‐analysis of 999 claudicants undergoing primary femoropopliteal nitinol stent implantation
CONCLUSIONThe 12‐month clinical effectiveness of bare nitinol stents to treat patients with symptomatic femoropopliteal PAD is acceptable and is impacted by clinical and lesion‐specific characteristics. These data provide an important and useful benchmark to compare the clinical benefit of emerging endovascular PAD therapies. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Krishna J. Rocha ‐Singh, Joshua A. Beckman, Gary Ansel, Sean P. Lyden, Peter Schneider, Manish Mehta, Michael Dake, Christopher M. Mullin, Michael R. Jaff, Tags: Peripheral Vascular Disease Source Type: research
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