Infrapatellar

Drug-Coated Balloons in Critical Ischemia: The Paradigm of Randomized Evidence vs. Logbooks

This research, which included thousands of patients treated for chronic inferior limb ischemia with drug-coated balloons, did...

How to Determine Optimal Balloon Size in Below-the-Knee Angioplasty

Unlike the coronary and femoral arteries, calcification of medial layers in infrapatellar arteries prevents positive remodeling and...

Virtual ACC 2020 | VOYAGER PAD: Rivaroxaban Superior to Aspirin in Preventing Events

In patients with peripheral artery disease undergoing revascularization, the combination of rivaroxaban (Xarelto) and low doses of...

Virtual ACC 2020 | COMPASS Sub-Analysis: Diabetes Increases the Benefit of Rivaroxaban Combined with AAS

In patients with stable coronary or peripheral artery disease, diabetes increases the benefit of combining low doses...

Drug-Coated Balloons in Infrapopliteal Disease: Much Ado About Nothing

The revascularization of tibial arteries in patients with critical lower limb ischemia using drug-coated balloons vs. conventional...

New European Guidelines on the Management of Lower Limb Acute Ischemia

Clinical practice guidelines are usually tedious and, frankly, while a lot of people make an enormous effort...

Drug-Coated Balloons vs. Conventional Angioplasty Below the Knee

This meta-analysis is an update on the role of drug-coated balloons in the treatment of infrapopliteal arterial...

We Should Indicate More than 6 Months of DAPT in Lower Limb Disease

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Advanced peripheral vascular disease is frequently associated with cardiovascular events and amputation. It has...