Primary Self-EXPANDing Nitinol Stenting vs Balloon Angioplasty With Optional Bailout Stenting for the Treatment of Infrapopliteal Artery Disease in Patients With Severe Intermittent Claudication or Critical Limb Ischemia (EXPAND Study)

Conclusion: Primary self-expanding nitinol stenting did not show statistically different clinical outcomes compared to angioplasty with bailout stenting for infrapopliteal lesions.

Source: Journal of Endovascular Therapy - September 21, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Schulte, K.-L., Pilger, E., Schellong, S., Tan, K. T., Baumann, F., Langhoff, R., Torsello, G., Zeller, T., Amendt, K., Brodmann, M., on behalf of the EXPAND Investigators Tags: Infrapopliteal Arterial Disease Source Type: research