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SUBMITTER: Kokkinidis DG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7212127 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kokkinidis Damianos G DG Armstrong Ehrin J EJ
Journal of thoracic disease 20200401 4
More than 200 million people worldwide have peripheral artery disease (PAD) or its most severe manifestation, critical limb ischemia (CLI). While endovascular treatment has become first line therapy in most cases, a number of challenges remain for optimal treatment of femoropopliteal (FP) or infrapopliteal (IP) disease, especially when these lesions are severely calcified, chronic total occlusions (CTOs) or in-stent restenosis (ISR). Continued evolution of technologies has significantly improved ...[more]