Nitinol Stent Implantation vs. Balloon Angioplasty for Lesions in the Superficial Femoral and Proximal Popliteal Arteries of Patients With Claudication: Three-Year Follow-up From the RESILIENT Randomized Trial

R. Laird, John; T. Katzen, Barry; Scheinert, Dierk; Lämmer, Johannes; P. Carpenter, Jeffrey; Buchbinder, Maurice; Davé, Rajesh; M. Ansel, Gary; J. Lansky, Alexandra; Cristea, Ecaterina; J. Collins, Tyrone; A. Goldstein, Jeffrey; Y. Cao, Annie; R. Jaff, Michael

doi:10.1583/11-3627.1

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Nitinol Stent Implantation vs. Balloon Angioplasty for Lesions in the Superficial Femoral and Proximal Popliteal Arteries of Patients With Claudication: Three-Year Follow-up From the RESILIENT Randomized Trial

Published in Journal of Endovascular Therapy • Feb 1, 2012

Authors:

John R. Laird

Barry T. Katzen

Dierk Scheinert

Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate longer outcomes of primary nitinol stenting for the treatment of femoropopliteal lesions up to 15 cm long after these stents were found to have superior short-term patency vs. balloon angioplasty. METHODS: Two hundred and six patients (143 men; mean age 67 years) with intermitte...

Subject

Medicine

Angioplasty

Claudication

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