Book chapter
Femoropopliteal Endovascular Interventions
Vascular Surgery, pp.213-240
New Techniques in Surgery Series, Springer London
10/15/2012
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-2912-7_16
Abstract
The treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) has witnessed a remarkable evolution in the past two decades. While endovascular therapy has become well established as a primary treatment modality in aortoiliac occlusive disease, transcatheter treatment of infrainguinal occlusive disease remains controversial. The availability of a wide range of therapeutic options and devices applicable to infrainguinal interventions has resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of peripheral endovascular procedures over the past decade, with a staggering reported 979 % growth in peripheral vascular interventions reported since 1995. Despite this remarkable growth and increasing acceptance, many questions remain unanswered regarding the indications, choice of device/technique, clinical efficacy, long-term outcome, and cost-effectiveness of the available competing modalities. These decisions are also compounded by intense and often conflicting marketing efforts by the industry in the current competitive market. With the scarcity of randomized controlled trials, much of the published reports for newer endovascular technologies rely primarily on immediate angiographic outcomes and target limb revascularization (TLR) data. The following text is meant to provide an overview over current treatment options, technologies, and devices based on available evidence and the experience and opinions of the authors. The endovascular surgeon must be familiar with all the available treatments for PAD in order to continue to manage these patients amidst the increasingly complex health-care environment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Femoropopliteal Endovascular Interventions
- Creators
- Melhem J. Sharafuddin - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsParth B. Amin - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsRachael M. Nicholson - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsJamal J. Hoballah - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Vascular Surgery, pp.213-240
- Publisher
- Springer London; London
- Series
- New Techniques in Surgery Series
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4471-2912-7_16
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/15/2012
- Academic Unit
- Surgery; Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984321872002771
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