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Long-Segment SFA Stenting—The Dark Sides: In-Stent Restenosis, Clinical Deterioration, and Stent Fractures

December 21, 2005   Categories: New articles  Posted by admin

Purpose: To determine and compare the rates of in-stent restenosis, late clinical deterioration, and stent fractures in nitinol stents versus Wallstents implanted for suboptimal angioplasty in the superficial femoral artery (SFA).

Published in the Journal of Endovascular Therapy: Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 676–684.

Keywords: peripheral artery disease, superficial femoral artery, stents, nitinol stent, restenosis, stent fracture