Impact of calcification and infrapopliteal outflow on the outcome of endovascular treatment of femoropopliteal occlusive disease.
Raphael de Athayde SoaresMarcelo Fernando MatieloFrancisco Cardoso Brochado NetoAna Paula Maia PiresRogério Duque de AlmeidaMurilo de Jesus MartinsRoberto SacilottoPublished in: JRSM cardiovascular disease (2019)
In this study, the main factors associated with worse outcomes in the endovascular treatment of femoropopliteal occlusive in terms of loss of primary patency were one tibial vessel or isolated popliteal artery runoff, calcification grade 4, or calcification grade > 2, small vessel diameter < 4 mm, and no stents use. One tibial vessel or isolated popliteal artery runoff was also associated with limb loss in a univariate Cox regression analysis.