SAN FRANCISCO — In a session focused on lower-extremity intervention in superficial femoral artery and popliteal disease, one presenter highlighted possible treatment approaches in two ...

In patients with superficial femoral artery disease, a poststenting mean fractional flow reserve value of 0.92 or less appears to be the ideal threshold for predicting 12-month restenosis ...

Assessing the femoral artery. ... Help the patient stand and look for venous filling. Slow filling (over 30 seconds) below the superficial veins while the tourniquet is applied is normal.

PTAB with the DETOUR System offers a novel approach to treating complex peripheral arterial disease (PAD), enabling physicians to percutaneously bypass lesions in the superficial femoral artery by ...

At present, patients with long blockages of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) have limited treatment options. The recommended therapy is open surgical bypass, which is invasive, ...

Here, the superficial femoral artery becomes occluded at the adductor hiatus. Diabetics tend to have femoral-tibial occlusions, whereas nondiabetics tend to have ileal-femoral occlusions.

LAS VEGAS, NV—As researchers investigate how a bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) might fit into the treatment paradigm for peripheral vascular disease, a small study suggests that an everolimus-eluting ...

Heretofore my routine procedure has been to do a primary division of the superficial femoral vein, followed by lumbar sympathectomy. I have found that this is not enough, and have dissected the ...

Another paclitaxel-coated balloon has demonstrated better efficacy and less need for reinterventions at 1-year compared with a standard uncoated balloon for the treatment of superficial femoral artery ...

One-year results of the DETOUR2 trial published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery demonstrate outstanding results for Endologix LLC’s percutaneous transmural arterial bypass system for treatment of ...

The superficial femoral artery from the common femoral artery to the origin of Hunter’s canal was normal. There was no leakage of the superficial femoral artery after injection of contrast medium ...

The superficial femoral artery helps to deliver oxygenated blood to the lower leg. It is clinically significant because it is a site of peripheral arterial disease complications, ...