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.

JR, Laird; BT, Katzen; D, Scheinert; J, Lammer; J, Carpenter; M, Buchbinder; R, Dave; G, Ansel; A, Lansky; E, Cristea; TJ, Collins; J, Goldstein; AY, Cao; MR, Jaff

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.

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Laird JR

Katzen BT

Scheinert D

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 intermittent ...

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