Current status of infrapopliteal artery stenting in patients with critical limb ischemia Estado atual do uso de stents na artéria infrapolítea em pacientes com isquemia crítica do membro

Due to the fear that early thrombosis and late luminal loss resulting from intimal hyperplasia might impede sustained patency of small-caliber arteries, such as those of the infrapopliteal bed, stent implantation in below-knee vessels remains controversial and is generally reserved for cases with a...

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Main Authors: Marc Bosiers, Koen Deloose, Rodrigo Moreialvar, Jurgen Verbist, Patrick Peeters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2008-09-01
Series:Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-54492008000300010