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Awareness of anatomical variations for infrapopliteral intervention
Author(s) -
Kawarada Osami,
Yokoi Yoshiaki,
Honda Yasuhiro,
Fitzgerald Peter J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.22673
Subject(s) - medicine , critical limb ischemia , intervention (counseling) , limb ischemia , radiology , arterial disease , surgery , ischemia , cardiology , vascular disease , psychiatry
With the tremendous advancement and accumulated expertise of endovascular techniques, infrapopliteal intervention is emerging as an alternative therapeutic option to distal bypass surgery for limb salvage in the setting of critical limb ischemia (CLI). However, though much attention has been given to infrapopliteal intervention, the importance of identifying preprocedural infrapopliteal variants remains underappreciated. Becoming more aware of these anatomical variants will translate to increased clinical effectiveness for the patient with infrapopliteal artery disease. Therefore, this review will highlight the fundamental aspects of infrapopliteal variant anatomy for the catheter‐based treatment of CLI patients with symptomatic infrapopliteal artery disease.© 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.