One-Year Study Outcomes Show Stenting in the Lower Limb Arteries Is a Reliable Treatment
Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 15:50
in Health & Medicine
A dozen years ago, controversial clinical trial results caused an international medical society to warn against the use of stents in leg arteries. But recent years have brought significant improvements in stent technology. One-year follow-up results of a worldwide, multicenter trial with 744 patients show that 90 percent of participants had successful procedures that did not require a repeat treatment.