Treatment of Complex Superficial Femoral Artery Lesions With PolarCath Cryoplasty
June 27th, 2009 Posted by: admin
Publication year: 2009
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 8 June 2009
Subhash, Banerjee , Emmanouil S., Brilakis , Tony S., Das , Christopher S., Lichtenwalter
Use of cryoplasty in patients with severely symptomatic (Rutherford category ≥3) superficial femoral artery (SFA) disease has not been systematically evaluated. From August 2006 to October 2007, 27 consecutive, severely symptomatic patients with 39 lesions in 36 limbs underwent SFA cryoplasty using the PolarCath at 2 centers. Mean age was 74 ± 12 years and 48% were men; 41% had diabetes, 59% had coronary artery disease, and 61% had complex lesions (ostial, calcified, chronic total occlusion, in-stent restenosis, or length ≥150 mm). Adjunctive stenting was required after cryoplasty in 11 of 39 lesions. Immediate procedural success was 100%. After a…
