Incidence and Endovascular Treatment of Isolated Atherosclerotic Popliteal Artery Disease: Outcomes from the IPAD Multicenter Study.

Stavros SpiliopoulosPanagiotis KitrouNikolaos GalanakisPanagiotis PapadimatosKonstantinos KatsanosChrysostomos KonstantosKonstantinos PalialexisLazaros ReppasElias KehagiasDimitrios KarnabatidisElias BrountzosDimitrios Tsetis

Published in: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology (2018)

Isolated popliteal lesions requiring treatment appear in nearly 1% of patients with PAD. Balloon angioplasty and bail-out stenting resulted in acceptable long-term clinical outcomes. Treatment of occlusions was correlated with increased restenosis rate.

Keyphrases

endovascular treatment
risk factors
combination therapy
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome
antiplatelet therapy