Recanalization of a Challenging Chronic Total Occlusion of the Superficial Femoral Artery through the Profunda Femoris Using a Pure Retrograde Technique

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2016 Aug;27(8):1253-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.11.062.

Authors

Andrea Zuffi¹, Olivier Muller¹, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai², Marco Turri³, Catalina Trana¹, Juan F Iglesias¹, Stephane Fournier¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital Rue du Bugnon 46 Lausanne CH-1011, Switzerland.
² Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy.
³ Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Pellegrino, Mantua, Italy.

PMID: 27449981
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.11.062

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

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Angiography
Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation
Angioplasty, Balloon / methods*
Chronic Disease
Collateral Circulation
Constriction, Pathologic
Femoral Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Femoral Artery* / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Peripheral Arterial Disease / diagnostic imaging
Peripheral Arterial Disease / physiopathology
Peripheral Arterial Disease / therapy*
Radiography, Interventional
Regional Blood Flow
Stents
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Patency