Endovascular Excimer Laser-Assisted Balloon Angioplasty for Infrapopliteal Arteries in Thromboangiitis Obliterans: A Treatment for Acute-Phase TAO

Endovascular Excimer Laser-Assisted Balloon Angioplasty for Infrapopliteal Arteries in Thromboangiitis Obliterans: A Treatment for Acute-Phase TAO

BackgroundThromboangiitis obliterans (TAO, Buerger's disease) is an inflammatory and obstructive vasculopathy, which leads to limb ischemic rest pain and ulcerations in the acute stage.ObjectivesThis study aimed to assess the feasibility of excimer laser-assisted balloon angioplasty (BA) for pa...

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Main Authors: Hongji Pu, Yihong Jiang, Zhaoyu Wu, Jiahao Lei, Jiateng Hu, Peng Qiu, Xing Zhang, Qun Huang, Xinwu Lu, Minyi Yin, Zhen Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO)
Buerger's disease
excimer laser
angioplasty
endovascular treatment
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.831340/full

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