Abstract:Percutaneous balloon angioplasty (PTA) and endovascular stenting techniques have rapidly evolved during the past decade. The advances in technology, including guidewires with the ability to traverse long total occlusions safely, balloon catheters, and refinements in stent design has afforded the interventionalist a broad array of tools in his arsenal to optimize technical and clinical results in their patients. As a result, the vascular community as a whole has embraced these techniques and adopted their formi… Show more
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