Endovascular Treatment of Profunda Femoris Artery Obstructive Disease: Nonsense or Useful Tool in Selected Cases?

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-313

  Donas, K P ^a   Pitoulias, G A ^b,c   Schwindt, A ^a   Schulte, S ^d   Camci, M ^d   Schlabach, R ^a   Torsello, G ^a  

^a ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Media Park Clinic Cologne ^*

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Critical limb ischaemia; Endovascular treatment; Profunda femoris artery occlusive disease; Profundoplasty; PTA

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; DEEP FEMORAL ARTERY; DEEP FEMORAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GERMANY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77649270460     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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