Drug-Eluting Balloon Therapy for Femoropopliteal Occlusive Disease: Predictors of Outcome With a Special Emphasis on Calcium

Conclusion: Severity of lesion calcification is associated with LLL after treatment with DEB. One possible approach to overcome this limitation might be plaque modification or removal prior to DEB usage. Nevertheless, clinical data that support this hypothesis are currently lacking.

Source: Journal of Endovascular Therapy - September 21, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Tepe, G., Beschorner, U., Ruether, C., Fischer, I., Pfaffinger, P., Noory, E., Zeller, T. Tags: Lower Limb Interventions Source Type: research