Underutilization of Drug-Eluting Stents in Infrapopliteal Intervention for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia.
Zachary ZuzekShilpkumar AroraIrfan HelmyChinmay JaniRahul JaswaneyKirtenkumar PatelHarsh P PatelMohini PatelMohammed Najeeb OsmanJun LiMehdi H ShishehborPublished in: Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists (2022)
In patients undergoing infrapopliteal intervention for CLTI, DES demonstrated significant underutilization despite supportive evidence of their superiority compared with BMS; DES was associated with improvement in the primary composite outcome compared with BMS.