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