This article reports a retrospective review of prospectively enrolled, consecutive patients who underwent dcb angioplasty.Treatment sites included the superficial femoral artery and popliteal artery.Data collection included demographics, comorbidities, indication for treatment (rutherford class), treatment length (mm), patency, target lesion revascularization (tlr), vessel diameter, brand of device used, calcification of target vessel, wound healing data, and amputation free survival (afs) at 12 months (m).A total of 61 limbs were treated in 57 patients: 32 with claudication and 29 with cli.Primary patency at 6 m, 12 m, and 24 m was 80%, 69% and 52%, respectively.For comparison, 12 and 24 m patency for a non-medtronic dcb was 65% and 59% and similarly 83% and 79% for the medtronic in.Pact dcb, respectively.There was no difference in patency in regard to device brand, sex, treated vessel luminal diameter, or calcification.Average target lesion length was 153 mm, and median was 120 mm.Patent arteries at 12 m had a median treated segment length of 120 mm vs 220 mm for those that were not patent.Of note, all treated lesions treated less than 100 mm were patent at 12 m.Freedom from tlr was 82% at 12m.In the cli subgroup, primary patency rate at 6 m, 12 m, and 24 m was 74%, 63%, and 33% respectively, and afs was 77% at 12 m.Over the follow-up period 63% of wounds improved or resolved post treatment.Mortality rate was 8%, 15%, and 22% at 12 m, 24 m, and 36 m, respectively.
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