2023
Use of drug-coated balloons and stents in patients with femoropopliteal artery disease and severe chronic kidney disease
Castro-Dominguez Y, Smolderen K, Romain G, Turner J, Mena-Hurtado C. Use of drug-coated balloons and stents in patients with femoropopliteal artery disease and severe chronic kidney disease. Vascular Medicine 2023, 28: 150-152. PMID: 36710497, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x221148521.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Patient-level and external factors in the use of drug-coated balloons and drug-eluting stents in femoropopliteal endovascular interventions
Castro-Dominguez Y, Smolderen KG, Pichert M, Alabi O, Romain G, Huang J, Lee M, Ahmed Z, Peri-Okonny PA, Arham A, Brice A, Chaar CO, Stacy MR, Mena-Hurtado C. Patient-level and external factors in the use of drug-coated balloons and drug-eluting stents in femoropopliteal endovascular interventions. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2022, 76: 1675-1680. PMID: 35868423, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.06.093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-coated balloonsDrug-eluting stentsBare metal stentsDES useFemoropopliteal endovascular interventionEndovascular interventionMedian odds ratioFemoropopliteal diseaseLesion characteristicsPrimary treatmentChronic kidney disease stage 4Adjusted median odds ratioVascular Quality Initiative registryAppropriate use guidelinesPrior anticoagulant usePatient-level factorsPoor functional statusTrans-Atlantic InterPlain balloon angioplastyPatient-level characteristicsFavorable patency ratesHierarchical logistic regression modelsLogistic regression modelsMeta-analysis publicationsRutherford classification