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ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2019

Guidelines adherence or chronic total occlusion recanalization of the superficial femoral artery with a stentless approach: The next frontier?

Christos Rammos, Tobias Radecke, Julia Lortz, Martin Steinmetz, Tienush Rassaf

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christos RammosDepartment of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3468-9945
Tobias RadeckeDepartment of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Julia LortzDepartment of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5798-3728
Martin SteinmetzDepartment of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Tienush RassafDepartment of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In patients with intermittent claudication and long chronic total occlusions of the superficial femoral artery, a primary surgical bypass or stenting is recommended. However, due to the invasive nature, high complication rates and patient-related comorbidities, surgery is currently not the preferred method and full lesion stenting for long chronic total occlusions has the obvious consequences of permanent metallic implants. We report a case of a patient with a long chronic total occlusion of the superficial femoral artery with intermittent claudication. Endorsing an endovascular-first strategy, he was treated via an antegrade and retrograde approach with a complete recanalization and a stentless treatment with rotational atherectomy and drug-coated balloons. We believe this is a feasible endovascular strategy for the treatment of long chronic total occlusions of the superficial femoral artery for patients refusing open surgery. Further investigations are needed to evaluate long-term clinical outcomes of these novel techniques.

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atherectomychronic total occlusiondrug-coated balloonSuperficial femoral artery

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PMID30719307
PMCPMC6349981
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