Patient‐level meta‐analysis of 999 claudicants undergoing primary femoropopliteal nitinol stent implantation

• Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions Vol. 89; no. 7; pp. 1250 - 1256
• Main Authors: Rocha‐Singh, Krishna J., Beckman, Joshua A., Ansel, Gary, Lyden, Sean P., Schneider, Peter, Mehta, Manish, Dake, Michael, Mullin, Christopher M., Jaff, Michael R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Alloys; Ankle; Ankle Brachial Index; Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Calcification (ectopic); Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular system; Clinical trials; Clinical Trials as Topic; Data processing; Endovascular Procedures - adverse effects; Endovascular Procedures - instrumentation; Female; Femoral Artery - diagnostic imaging; Femoral Artery - physiopathology; femoropopliteal artery; Humans; Implants; intermittent claudication; Intermittent Claudication - diagnostic imaging; Intermittent Claudication - physiopathology; Intermittent Claudication - therapy; Male; Medical equipment; Meta-analysis; Middle Aged; nitinol stents; Patients; percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; peripheral arterial disease; Peripheral Arterial Disease - diagnostic imaging; Peripheral Arterial Disease - physiopathology; Peripheral Arterial Disease - therapy; Popliteal Artery - diagnostic imaging; Popliteal Artery - physiopathology; Prosthesis Design; Regression analysis; Risk Factors; Stenosis; Stents; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasound; Vascular Patency; meta-analysis; nitinol stents; percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; peripheral arterial disease; femoropopliteal artery; intermittent claudication

Condensed The factors that impact the clinical effectiveness of bare nitinol stents in claudicants with symptomatic femoropopliteal atherosclerosis are incompletely known. The authors analyzed variables that may influence stent durability and provide a benchmark for their effectiveness. Data analyze...