Drug Eluting Balloon Angioplasty Versus Nitinol Stent Implantation in the Superficial Femoral Artery

Launched by INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA · Aug 7, 2014

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients over 18 years with critical lower limb ischemia,
• • Ruhtherford 3 or higher,
• • with angiographic documentation of greater than 70% or occlusion in the superficial femoral artery,
• • with a maximum extension of 10 cm stenosis.
• • The popliteal artery and at least one leg artery must be patent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Pregnancy,
• • thrombophilia,
• • coagulation disorders,
• • presence of active or recent bleeding,
• • severe allergy to iodinated contrast,
• • renal or hepatic disease,
• • acute limb ischemia,
• • prior surgical bypass or angioplasty (with or without stent) on the target artery,
• • obstructive disease (stenosis\> 50%) of the aortoiliac segment ipsilateral to the target (if the aortoiliac is pre-treated, the patient may be included)