Open Access<p>Comparison of Effectiveness of Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty versus Plain Balloon Angioplasty in Chronic Lower Extremity Ischemia Patients</p>
Author(s) -
Iraj Nazari,
Seyyed Masoud Mousavi,
Ahmad Sadeghpour,
Seyyed Mansour Alamshah,
Maryam Dastoorpoor
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s256240
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , balloon , amputation , femoral artery , critical limb ischemia , surgery , ischemia , artery , vascular disease , arterial disease
Occlusive lesions of superficial femoral artery (SFA) in endovascular candidate patients are treated with balloon angioplasty with or without stenting. Recently, introduction of drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty as a superior treatment option to plain balloon (PB) has been challenging.