Cardiology
Differential efficacy between stenting and plain balloon angioplasty for femoropopliteal disease with or without total occlusion
In-Ho Chae, Chang-Hwan Yoon, Young-Guk Ko, Pil-Ki Min, Jae-Hwan Lee, Cheol Woong Yu, Seung Whan Lee, Sang-Rok Lee, Seung Hyuk Choi, Yoon Seok Koh, Donghoon Choi; the K-VIS investigators
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(5):1114-1124. Published online February 24, 2020
Background/Aims: Whether the presence of chronic total occlusion (CTO) affects patency after stenting in femoropopliteal lesions is unknown. We determined the effects of plain balloon angioplasty (POBA) in comparison with those of stenting on patency for femoropopliteal CTO and stenosis (non-CTO).
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