Clinical significance of distal embolism in intravascular recanalization of the superficial femoral artery

Abstract

The article discusses different views on distal embolism in endovascular revascularization of lower limb arteries. Attention is drawn to the con­tribution of the drug coating of the balloon catheter to the development of distal embolization.

Keywords

• lower limb atherosclerosis
• chronic lower limb ischemia
• cri­tical lower limb ischemia
• distal embolism
• stenting
• drug-coated bal­loons
• percutaneous transluminal angioplasty