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Superficial femoral artery occlusion: Observations that influence patient selection criteria for angioplasty

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The length of an arterial occlusion is one criterion for selection of patients for transluminal angioplasty. A technique is described to fully evaluate the length of a superficial femoral artery occlusion during diagnostic peripheral arteriography.

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  1. Russel H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, John Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Malonnie L. Kinnison & Saadoon Kadir M.D.

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Kinnison, M.L., Kadir, S. Superficial femoral artery occlusion: Observations that influence patient selection criteria for angioplasty. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 7, 102–103 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552690

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