Clinical impact and risk stratification of balloon angioplasty for femoropopliteal disease in nitinol stenting era: Retrospective multicenter study using propensity score matching analysis

Objective: Nitinol stenting could bring the better outcome in endovascular therapy for femoropopliteal disease. However, it might be expected that recent marked advances in both device technology and operator technique had led to improved efficacy of balloon angioplasty even in this segment. The aim...

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Main Authors: Taketsugu Tsuchiya, Takaaki Takamura, Yoshimitsu Soga, Osamu Iida, Keisuke Hirano, Kenji Suzuki, Terutoshi Yamaoka, Yusuke Miyashita, Michihiko Kitayama, Koji Kajinami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-07-01
Series:SAGE Open Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312116660116