Directional Atherectomy With Antirestenotic Therapy vs Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty Alone for Common Femoral Artery Atherosclerotic Disease.
Konstantinos StavroulakisArne SchwindtGiovanni TorselloEfthymios BeropoulisArne StachmannChristiane HericksLeonie BollenbergTheodosios BisdasPublished in: Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists (2017)
Preparation of the atherosclerotic CFA with directional atherectomy was not associated with statistically significantly higher primary patency or freedom from TLR compared to DCB angioplasty alone at 12 months. Nonetheless, both modalities had promising outcomes in a primarily surgically treated vascular territory.