Popliteal Artery Disease Treatment Management: Approach . . . The vast majority of patients with atherosclerotic disease that is severe enough to cause popliteal artery occlusion have atherosclerotic disease elsewhere (including the coronary circulation)
Treating Chronic Total Occlusions of the Superficial Femoral Artery To perform sufficient atherectomy on lesions in the femoropopliteal artery and achieve the desired luminal gain, 7-F devices are typically required, but the tibial arteries are simply not large enough to accommodate that device size
Long Chronic Total Occlusions: Revascularization Strategies Often times, the occlusion may be crossed through the retrograde access while staying true lumen However, subintimal recanalization from the retrograde access is frequently required A crossing catheter may be used for additional support and maneuverability
Percutaneous Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is a minimally invasive therapy for the treatment of patients with peripheral artery disease who suffer from intermittent claudication or critical limb ischemia
PTA and stenting of iliac and femoro-popliteal lesions Many peripheral stenoses and occlusions are accessible by endovascular means Among the endovascular procedures treatment of iliac and femoro-popliteal stenoses occlusions are the most often used techniques
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in femoral artery occlusions . . . To assess the impact of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of occluded femoral arteries, a prospective study of 107 claudicant patients was performed A total of 117 limbs were treated and were followed for 1-36 months; the mean length of treated occlusions was 7 4 cm (range 2-25 cm)
Popliteal Artery Angioplasty for Chronic Total Occlusions with versus . . . The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in patients with critical limb ischemia due to popliteal artery (PA) chronic total occlusions depending on the presence of a patent portion of the PA distal to the occlusive lesion—the distal landing zone (DLZ)