Wireless laser-assisted angioplasty of the superficial femoral artery in patients with critical limb ischemia who have failed conventional percutaneous revascularization

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-12

  Boccalandro, Fernando ^a   Muench, Andreas ^a   Sdringola, Stefano ^a   Rosales, Oscar R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical limb ischemia; Laser angioplasty; Limb salvage; Peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; RECANALIZATION; SAFETY; STENT; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; EXTREMITIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444366169     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20084     Document Type: Article

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