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Lower Extremity Intervention

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Angioplasty with or without stenting remains the mainstay of interventional therapy for arterial occlusive disease of the aortoiliac and femoropopliteal systems. Mortality in patients with peripheral arterial disease, however, derives primarily from systemic cardiovascular events. As such, all patients should have aggressive control of relevant risk factors (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia). Decisions regarding revascularization for patients with claudication must be individualized in contrast to patients with critical limb ischemia, who should routinely undergo revascularization. Noncomplex lesions of the iliac arteries may be treated with angioplasty alone; stenting should be reserved for special cases. Stent placement should be more liberal in complex aortoiliac lesions. Stent placement for femoropopliteal disease is more controversial. Techniques for conventional and subintimal angioplasty of both aortoiliac and femoropopliteal segments along with stent placement are described along with outcomes and postprocedural care.

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Shah, S.K., Clair, D.G. (2012). Lower Extremity Intervention. In: Bhatt, D. (eds) Peripheral and Cerebrovascular Intervention. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-965-9_2

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