One Year Primary Patency of Infrapopliteal Angioplasty Using Drug- Eluting Balloons: Single Center Experience at King Hussein Medical Center.

The systemic atherosclerotic burden associated with CLI is reflected by the high mortality rates exceeding those for every other form of occlusive cardiovascular disease, including symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD).[ 13 , 14 ] Besides poor survival rates, prognosis with respect to limb preservation in CLI patients is poor.[ 15 ] Over the past two decades, prognosis with respect to limb salvage and survival in CLI patients has improved, with data showing a decrease in major amputation rates in the CLI population.[ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ] Studies also showed a trend toward more endovascular as compared to surgical revascularization procedures[ 16 , 18 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ] and suggested a potential causal relationship between the increased number of endovascular procedures, especially in the high surgical risk patients, and reduced amputation rates.[ 16 , 22 ] Different endovascular treatment modalities have been used for peripheral vascular recanalization.

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