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SUBMITTER: Kobayashi N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7890277 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kobayashi Norihiro N Hirano Keisuke K Yamawaki Masahiro M Araki Motoharu M Sakai Tsuyoshi T Obokata Masaru M Sakamoto Yasunari Y Mori Shinsuke S Tsutsumi Masakazu M Nauchi Masahiro M Honda Yohsuke Y Makino Kenji K Shirai Shigemitsu S Sugizaki Yuta Y Fukagawa Tomoya T Kishida Toshihiko T Ito Yoshiaki Y
Circulation reports 20190201 2
<b><i>Background:</i> </b> Little is known about the superiority of balloon angioplasty vs. stent implantation for femoropopliteal (FP) lesions according to subgroup. <b><i>Methods and Results:</i> </b> This study involved 1,018 de novo (balloon angioplasty, n=462; stent implantation, n=556) and 114 in-stent restenosis (ISR) FP lesions (balloon angioplasty, n=69; stent implantation, n=45) treated with endovascular therapy. For de novo FP lesions, the 3-year primary patency rate was significantly ...[more]