Comparison of surgical bypass with angioplasty and stenting of superficial femoral artery disease
Malas M, Enwerem N, Qazi U, Brown B, Schneider E, Reifsnyder T, Freischlag J, Perler B. Comparison of surgical bypass with angioplasty and stenting of superficial femoral artery disease. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2013, 59: 129-135. PMID: 23891488, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.05.100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplasty, BalloonBaltimoreBlood Vessel Prosthesis ImplantationChi-Square DistributionFemaleFemoral ArteryHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPeripheral Arterial DiseasePostoperative ComplicationsProportional Hazards ModelsRegistriesRisk FactorsStentsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeVascular GraftingVascular PatencyVeinsConceptsPeripheral arterial diseaseFemoral-popliteal bypassPercutaneous transluminal angioplasty/stentingJohns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterAngioplasty/stentingSuperficial femoral arteryReintervention rateTASC CSymptomatic patientsD lesionsMedical managementB lesionsFemoral arteryMedical CenterSuperficial femoral artery diseaseSymptomatic peripheral arterial diseaseFemoral artery diseaseTASC II ARate of reinterventionHigher reintervention rateBest treatment optionSimilar risk factorsProportional hazards modelTerms of patencyFisher's exact test