217 A comparative analysis of revascularization of infrapopliteal restenosis in 161 patients using drug-eluting stents with sirolimus showed a trend to a lower minor amputation rate, of 2.6% at 3 year follow-up vs. 12.2% with conventional stenting. 218 Two meta-analyses of randomized studies reported similar figures at 1 year after drug-eluting stenting. 219 Use of sirolimus-eluting stents after ineffective balloon angioplasty resulted in lower
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