Cardiovascular and interventional radiology
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · Jun 2013
Review Meta AnalysisSystematic review of infrapopliteal drug-eluting stents: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Drug-eluting stents (DES) have been proposed for the treatment of infrapopliteal arterial disease. We performed a systematic review to provide a qualitative analysis and quantitative data synthesis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing infrapopliteal DES. ⋯ DES for focal infrapopliteal lesions significantly inhibit vascular restenosis and thereby improve primary patency, decrease repeat procedures, improve wound healing, and prolong overall event-free survival.