The use of drug eluting stents in infrapopliteal arteries: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials.

CONCLUSIONS: At midterm follow-up DES significantly improved rates of primary patency, re-intervention, Rutherford class improvement and major amputation for the treatment of atherosclerotic disease of infrapopliteal arteries compared to control therapy, with no effect on patient survival. Stents coated in sirolimus analogues were more effective than paclitaxel. PMID: 30650949 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Angiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: Int Angiol Source Type: research