No additional benefit from laser in balloon angioplasty of the superficial femoral artery

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-352

  Fisher, C M ^a   Fletcher, J P ^a   May, J ^a   White, G H ^a   Lord, R S A ^a   Crozier, J ^a   Conner, G ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Balloon; Laser; Randomised controlled trial; Superficial femoral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STENOSIS; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 0029887844     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-5884(96)80084-0     Document Type: Article

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