The Importance of Patency of Tibial Run Off Arteries on Clinical Outcomes After Stenting for Chronic Total Occlusions in the Superficial Femoro-popliteal Artery.

CONCLUSION: The presence of patent tibial arteries was an important predictor of MALE after PTA for SFA CTO lesions. Furthermore, additional tibial PTA on SFA CTO stenting might be beneficial for clinical outcomes. PMID: 30309784 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: PubMed: Eur J Vasc Endovasc ... - October 8, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Watanabe Y, Hozawa K, Hiroyoshi K, Naganuma T, Ishiguro H, Nakamura S Tags: Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg Source Type: research

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