Evaluation of superficial femoral artery-lesions after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty: color-coded summation images vs. monochromatic digital subtraction angiography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) is increasingly requested in the therapy of peripheral arterial occlusive disease. The evaluation of the technical result after balloon angioplasty with regard to bailout stenting is highly dependent on the operators´ subjective assessment and mainly based on the monochromatic digital subtraction angiography (DSA) images. The aim of this study was to compare color-coded single image as a novel diagnostic tool with monochromatic DSA for the analysis of flow limitation and need for stent implantation after PTA of superficial femoral artery (SFA) stenoses.

Methods

During a period of 18 months, 213 SFA lesions were treated by PTA with a standard balloon in 170 patients, resulting in a total of 193 endovascular procedures. Th

SUBMITTER: Augustin AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7302343 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature