A 68 year-old woman presents with left calf claudication. Her ABI is 0.65 and her symptoms remain limiting after exercise and cilostazol. She is taken for lower-extremity angiography which shows a stenoss of > 70% in the left popliteal artery and no superficial femoral artery obstructive disease. Which of the following is true of 1-year patency with primary stenting versus balloon angioplasty (PTA) with provisional stenting in PAD patients with popliteal disease? A. Primary stenting achieves superior 1-year patency compared to PTA with provisional stenting B. PTA with provisional stenting achieves superior 1-year patency compared to primary stenting C. Primary stenting and PTA with provisional stenting achieve equivalent 1-year patency rates
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:45:26 +0000
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