Focal aortic branch lesions can be effectively and safely treated with Palmaz stents.

Retrograde iliofemoral endarterectomy facilitated by balloon angioplasty is a safe, easy-to-perform, and viable option for patients with combined external iliac artery and common femoral artery occlusive disease. Midterm results (36.4 months) are favorable, and most hemodynamic failures are easy to correct with standard endovascular techniques.

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Endovascular therapy for TASC type B femoropopliteal lesions is safe and technically feasible. However, the length of time that a treated arterial segment remains free of stenosis is limited, and is not improved with adjunctive stenting. Recurrent stenosis, not occlusion, was the most common study end point, and few patients subsequently required surgical bypass. Predictors of outcome after endovascular therapy for TASC type B lesions were not identified in this study.

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